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Nab’a al-Ghazal, al-Farisiyah, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian family compound and destroyed food supplies

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Nab’a al-Ghazal, al-Farisiyah, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian family compound and destroyed food supplies

The dough, flour, and bread that the settlers threw on the ground. Still from video footage courtesy of residents
The dough, flour, and bread that the settlers threw on the ground. Still from video footage courtesy of residents

On Thursday, 13 February 2025, in the early afternoon, about five settlers showed up at the community of Nab’a al-Ghazal in al-Farisiyah, Jordan Valley, with a flock of sheep. They left their sheep in an unoccupied residential compound and then headed to another family’s compound, where only the women and children were present, as the men were out grazing their flocks.

The settlers invaded the compound, threw bread that one of the women had baked on the ground, as well as dough and flour, and then took the family members’ phones and broke them.

The settlers threatened the family members and told them they had to leave the site. They remained in the compound for about an hour, terrorizing the women and children, then returned to their flock and left with it.

Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has acted in a coordinated and deliberate manner to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip, committing genocide against its residents. In light of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the public statements made by Israeli decision-makers, and the international community’s failure to take effective action, there is a serious risk that the Israeli regime will expand the genocide to other areas under its control—first and foremost, the West Bank.
B’Tselem calls on the Israeli public and the international community to use every tool available under international law to bring an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.