Expulsion status: Entire community driven out
Number of clusters: 2
Number of families: 2
Number of persons: 20
Number of minors: 11
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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.

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2023

October
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
Four armed settlers escorted by a soldier arrived at the family’s home driving an ATV. They knocked the father to the ground and ordered the family to leave within five days, threatening them. The family started dismantling their tents and leaving.
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
Solar panels vandalized by settlers in a home in Khirbet a-Radhem. Photo courtesy of community residents, 16 Oct. 2023
Solar panels vandalized by settlers in a home in Khirbet a-Radhem. Photo courtesy of community residents, 16 Oct. 2023
At around 10:00 A.M., settlers arrived in a tractor at the home of ‘Issa (Abu Safi) Abu al-Kabash, 77, warned the family against taking their flock out to pasture, and vandalized water tanks and solar panels. They also destroyed the family’s tent home, a livestock shack and an outdoor kitchen.
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
at around 11:00 P.M., soldiers arrived at the community in a tractor, demolished al-Mahariq’s home, a livestock enclosure and an outdoor kitchen, destroyed pipes and electrical cables and ran over about 100 tons of animal feed.
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
Settlers and soldiers arrived at the family home of ‘Amer al-Mahariq in a-Radhem, cut water pipes and electrical cables, threatened him and told him he had 24 hours to leave the community. The family left the community the next day.
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
Settlers arrive at the community, one bearing a gun. Still from footage by a community resident
Settlers arrive at the community, one bearing a gun. Still from footage by a community resident
Four settlers came, one bearing a rifle, and blocked the road leading to farmlands on the west side of the community with a tractor.
September
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
3
A settler harassing family members. Photo courtesy of the family
A settler harassing family members. Photo courtesy of the family
Khirbet a-Radhem, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers harass residents in their homes for several days
August
Kh. a-Radhem
Incident(s) :
1
Kh. a-Radhem, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers chase World Council of Churches workers and block their way
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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.