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MapIsraeli Settlers Seize Eight Palestinian Homes in Jericho, UN Says Dozens Flee
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Eight Palestinian homes seized by settlers in Jericho, displacing dozens. UN condemns takeover, says residents assaulted and live ammunition used.
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Homes seized in Jericho
Israeli settlers seized eight Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, and the United Nations said the takeover forced dozens of people to flee. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters that the settlers reportedly “used live ammunition” during the takeover on the previous day.
Peace Now said some 30 Israeli settlers came to take over the houses in Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta on Wednesday afternoon, and the group said the settlers “assaulted and robbed two Israeli activists and shot a Palestinian man in the leg.” The UN said some of those displaced now “lack adequate shelter,” and it said the Israeli military declared the area a closed military zone, preventing humanitarian workers from reaching those affected.
Competing claims on coordination
The Israel Defense Forces told JNS that the entry occurred “without prior coordination or authorization” from the army, while the Binyamin Regional Council and the Najala movement said in a joint statement that Jewish families settled in eight dwellings after a secret purchase. A military source told JNS that the houses are located in Area C of Judea and Samaria, under full Israeli civilian and security control, while the city of Jericho lies in Area A where the Palestinian Authority handles civil and security matters.
The Times of Israel reported that the IDF said the entry of several dozen settlers into homes in Jericho, aimed at setting up an outpost, was done without prior coordination with the army and without permission, even as a settler municipal authority said earlier that IDF soldiers secured the settlers who moved into the buildings. Peace Now said the new outpost poses security challenges for Palestinian residents of the city and called it “a security danger and diplomatic catastrophe,” adding that it will create “apartheid” inside Jericho.
E1 project and wider fallout
The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said Israeli occupation authorities issued two tenders for 91 settlement units and revised the bidding timetable for part of the E1 project east of occupied Jerusalem as the UN condemned the Jericho home takeover.
The commission said Tender No. 224/2026 covers 86 units in four compounds intended for multi-story residential construction, and it said the tender was scheduled to open for bids on November 15 with submissions closing December 21.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the incident displaced dozens of Palestinians and that the military closure “has prevented our humanitarian partners from visiting those affected,” while he also reported 377 settler attacks causing casualties or damage to Palestinian property documented since September during the olive harvest.
The Jerusalem Post quoted Palestinian National Council chairman Rouhi Fattouh condemning what he described as Israeli citizens’ “seizure” of the eight properties, while it quoted Nachala co-founder Daniella Weiss saying, “These homes in Jericho mark the end of the Oslo Accords.”