Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian communities across the West Bank as new official figures showed Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,256 attacks during July alone.
Key Developments
- Two Palestinians were injured in a settler assault near Hebron.
- Israeli settlers attacked homes and vehicles in several West Bank communities.
- Israeli forces conducted raids in Ramallah and Nablus, carrying out arrests.
- Official figures recorded 2,256 Israeli army and settler attacks across the West Bank in July.
Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, injuring two Palestinians and targeting homes and vehicles in several communities.
Meanwhile, official Palestinian figures revealed that Israeli forces and settlers committed 2,256 attacks throughout July in an accelerating campaign of violence and settlement expansion.
According to Voice of Palestine Radio, two Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers assaulted them on the outskirts of the town of Beit Ula, northwest of Hebron.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said settlers also raided the village of Abu Njeim, southeast of Bethlehem, gathering in several neighborhoods and along the main road, raising fears among residents of further attacks.
Settlers also targeted Palestinian homes and vehicles in the village before moving into the Gharaba area and the outskirts of Sinjil, Kafr Malik, Deir Jarir, Taybeh, Yabrud and Beitillu, northeast of Ramallah.
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Israeli Army Raids
Meanwhile, Israeli forces, accompanied by illegal settlers, raided the outskirts of the Al-Tira neighborhood in Ramallah.
In Salem, east of Nablus, Israeli forces backed by a military bulldozer brought three members of the Ishtayeh family—currently held as Palestinian prisoners—to their family home.
One of the prisoners was reportedly forced to dig in the yard of a neighboring house before being taken into his father’s home. Before withdrawing, Israeli soldiers detained another Palestinian, identified as Yamen Atwi.
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More Than 2,200 Attacks in July
The latest incidents came as the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission released new figures documenting 2,256 attacks carried out by Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank during July.
According to the commission, the Israeli army was responsible for 1,458 attacks, while 798 were carried out by Israeli settlers as part of efforts to expand illegal settlements and impose new realities on the ground.
The highest number of attacks was recorded in Ramallah and al-Bireh (260), followed by Nablus (247), Jenin (190), Bethlehem (185) and Hebron (170). Together, those governorates accounted for nearly half of all recorded attacks during the month.
Settler violence was concentrated in Nablus (228 attacks), Hebron (212) and Ramallah and al-Bireh (153), bringing the total number of settler attacks since the beginning of 2026 to 4,286.
Illegal Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian delivery driver and vandalised his vehicle while he was delivering packages in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on August 2. The attackers fled the scene after the assault pic.twitter.com/HrakRM4B3H
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Trees Destroyed, Outposts Expanded
The commission said settler attacks killed seven Palestinians during July in the governorates of Nablus and Ramallah, including 17-year-old Fadi Hamdallah al-Naasan from the village of al-Mughayyir.
Israeli settlers also carried out 440 acts of property destruction and land leveling, 23 incidents of theft and confiscation, and uprooted, damaged or poisoned 5,027 trees.
During the month, settlers attempted to establish 29 new illegal settlement outposts, most of them agricultural or pastoral, aimed at seizing large areas of Palestinian land.
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Demolitions, Land Seizures Continue
The commission further reported that Israeli authorities issued 33 military orders during July, including 31 land seizure orders affecting more than 830 dunums of Palestinian-owned land.
Twenty-eight of those orders were issued for the construction or expansion of military and settlement roads, targeting approximately 792 dunums.
Israeli authorities also carried out 80 demolition operations, destroying 165 Palestinian structures, including 80 inhabited homes, eight uninhabited houses, 63 agricultural facilities, and 11 income-generating structures.
In addition, Israeli planning authorities reviewed 26 settlement expansion plans during July, including 14 plans for settlements in the occupied West Bank that would allow the construction of 1,128 new settlement units on approximately 1,172 dunums of Palestinian land.
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli military operations and settler attacks have intensified across the occupied West Bank, killing more than 1,182 Palestinians, injuring around 13,000, and leading to the arrest of nearly 24,000 others, according to official Palestinian figures.
(Anadolu, QNN, WAFA, PC)
