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In recent years — and especially since 7 October 2023 — there has been a sharp increase in both the number and severity of settler attacks against Palestinians. The incidents reported on this blog do not reflect all incidents of settler violence in the West Bank, but only those that B’Tselem was able to document and investigate.


Displaying 1-10 of 10 updates. An update can cover more than one incident.

2024

September
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
2
Settlers destroying seedlings in the nursery. Still captured from security camera footage
Settlers destroying seedlings in the nursery. Still captured from security camera footage
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Israeli settlers stole and destroyed seedlings from a Palestinian family’s nursery

2023

June
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
3
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Israeli settlers filmed three times stealing from a nursery owned by a Palestinian family
March
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Armed Israeli settlers steal donkey from Palestinian farm
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Israeli settlers enter Palestinian restaurant, threaten to shoot the owner and employees and pepper-spray one of them in the face. When the employees attempted to defend themselves, soldiers nearby fired in the air.
February
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
The shattered windows of ‘Abayat’s car. Photo courtesy of ‘Abayat
The shattered windows of ‘Abayat’s car. Photo courtesy of ‘Abayat
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Dozens of Israeli settlers attack Palestinian cars with stones, smashing the windows of a Palestinian truck
January
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
The barbed wire fence and trees destroyed in the plot. Photo courtesy of farmer
The barbed wire fence and trees destroyed in the plot. Photo courtesy of farmer
When ‘Abd al-Hakim Fuqahaa (52), went to his farmland in the village of Deir Sharaf, he discovered settlers had invaded it, destroyed the wall of an agricultural structure and barbed wire fencing, cut down 70 olive, almond and apricot trees, slashed water pipes and stole two water pumps and farming equipment.

2022

November
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
Burhan Jarab after the attack. Photo: Abdulkarim Sadi, B'Tselem, 15 Nov. 2022
Burhan Jarab after the attack. Photo: Abdulkarim Sadi, B'Tselem, 15 Nov. 2022
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian with stones, torch his truck and destroy cargo while soldiers look on
June
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
One of the shattered windshields. Photo courtesy of the car owner
One of the shattered windshields. Photo courtesy of the car owner
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Settlers throw stones at Palestinian car passengers
January
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Settlers again uproot hundreds of olive seedlings

2021

December
Deir Sharaf
Incident(s) :
Incident Count
1
Deir Sharaf, Nablus District: Settlers cut down hundreds of olive seedlings
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