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West Bank under occupation 26 Oct 2025

We are not seeing enough news about what's happening in the West Bank every single hour. I worked on this summary as an example:

1- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qasrah, south of Nablus.
2- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Deir Abu Mashaal, west of Ramallah.
3- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Beit Ommar, north of Hebron.
4- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Sureif, north of Hebron.
5- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Imatin, east of Qalqilya.
6- The Israeli occupation forces raided homes in the Old City of Nablus.
7- The Israeli occupation forces raided al-Zawyah town in Salfit.
8- The Israeli occupation forces raided people’s homes in al-Jalazon Camp, north of Ramallah, abducting four people — one of them a 13-year-old child.
9- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of al-Issawiyyah in occupied Jerusalem.
10- A Palestinian was shot by the Israeli occupation forces north of occupied Jerusalem.
11- The Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Al-Bireh.
12- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus.
13- The Israeli occupation forces assault the families of the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah, abducting some, even after “permitting” them to harvest their olives. 
14- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Arura, northwest of Ramallah.
15- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah.
16- The Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing Palestinian farms in the al-Buaira area, east of Hebron. (Ongoing)
17- The Israeli occupation forces raided the German neighborhood in Jenin.
18- The Israeli occupation police raided the town of al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem. (Ongoing)
19- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Deir Abu Daeef, east of Jenin.
20- The Israeli occupation forces raided al-Kassarat neighborhood near Qalandia Camp, north of Jerusalem.
21- Israeli settlers opened fire on residents of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. 
22- The Israeli occupation forces forced families to shut down their shops while raiding the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus.
23- Four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire in al-Bireh. One of the casualties is in very critical condition.
24- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qifin, north of Tulkarem.
25- The Israeli occupation forces set fire to a house in Nur Shams Camp, east of Tulkarem. 
26- The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Burqin, west of Jenin.
27- The Israeli occupation forces wounded a Palestinian in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah.
28- (Now) The Israeli occupation forces are raiding the town of Qabatiyah, south of Jenin. Two people were critically wounded.
29- (Now) The Israeli occupation forces are raiding the town of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah.
30- (Now) The Israeli occupation forces are raiding the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah.
31- Israeli settlers have cut down 80 olive trees in the town of Wadi Sa’eer, northeast of Hebron.

UN Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory
Ramallah
27 October 2025
Israeli settler attacks surging: displacement and steps to annex intensify in the occupied
West Bank

Ongoing attacks by illegal Israeli settlers, often supported and joined by Israeli security
forces, continue to instil fear, destroy homes and livelihoods, and force Palestinians out of
their lands in the occupied West Bank. These actions advance Israel’s stated policy to
consolidate annexation in clear violation of international law.

Several attacks over the weekend reflect the persistent Palestinian precarity in the face of
Israeli settler violence.

The olive harvest
On 24 October, a video verified by the UN Human Rights office in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory shows an Israeli settler, joined by Israeli security forces , together severely assaulting
a 58 -year-old olive farmer in Nahhalin , Bethlehem.

The Israeli military said the incident is being investigated. However, settlers and Israeli
security forces have so far enjoyed complete impunity for attacks against Palestinians, even
deadly ones.

Attacks against Bedouin communities
Settler violence is escalating far beyond the olive harvest season, making life impossible for
Palestinians in many communities across the occupied West Bank and leaving them with no
genuine choice but to leave their homes.

In another grave incident on Saturday, 25 October, a mob of masked Israeli settlers first
attacked Palestinians picking olives in Mikhmas, then set fire to six Palestinian homes in the
nearby Khallet As Sidra, a Bedouin Palestinian community northeast of occupied East
Jerusalem.

According to monitoring by the UN Human Rights office, the community, like many others in
the West Bank, has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli settlers over the past two years to
force residents to leave and expand illegal outposts in the area.

Recently, all Palestinian women and children relocated from Khillet As Sidra for safety
reasons, and the men stayed to prevent seizure of their homes by settlers. The Saturday
arson reportedly engulfed several of the homes held by the remaining men.

 

During the attack, settlers also injured five Palestinian men and two Israeli women solidarity activists.
As Israel escalates its campaign of forced transfer to clear large swaths of the occupied West
Bank from Palestinian residents, entire Bedouin communities have been displaced over the
past two years.

 

According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) , about 3,200 Palestinians from dozens of Bedouin and herding communities have
been forcibly displaced by settler violence and movement restrictions since 7 October 202 3,
mostly from Area C .

Consolidating annexation
Over the past year , there have been 84 new settler outposts compared to 49 the year before ,
according to data from the Israeli NGO Peace Now. This marks a rapid escalation
compared to the yearly average of eight outposts in the past decade.

In association, settler violence is also surging with 757 attacks recorded in the first half of
2025 alone - 13 per cent higher than the same period last year. Most attacks have been
recorded in Area C , which is increasingly being emptied of Palestinians. However , the UN
Human Rights office has also been increasingly documenting attacks in Area B, indicating
an ever-shrinking space for Palestinians.

The International Court of Justice concluded that the occupation must end, and Israel must
withdraw from all the Occupied Palestinian Territory, both the West Bank and Gaza. This
includes immediately dismantling all settlements and evacuating all settlers.
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please contact:
Mayy El Sheikh – mayy.elsheikh@un.org

 

Humanitarian Situation Update #335 | West Bank
31 Oct 2025

Key Highlights

    1/ Three Palestinian men were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces and by an Israeli airstrike in Jenin. The UN Human Rights Office emphasizes that the use of airstrikes in the occupied West Bank is unlawful.

  2/  Over the past week, 60 Israeli settler attacks were recorded across the West Bank, more than half in relation to the olive harvest, resulting in the injury of 17 Palestinians and extensive property damage.

  3/  The 2025 olive harvest season has so far witnessed the highest level of damage and number of affected communities due to settler attacks since 2020, with 126 attacks recorded in 70 towns and villages and over 4,000 olive trees and saplings vandalized.
   

  4/ Israeli settlers from newly established settlement outposts in the West Bank have increasingly imposed restrictions on Palestinians’ access to their olive groves, including in areas that were previously accessible without ‘prior coordination’ with Israeli authorities.

 

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