AhlulBayt News Agency: Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers have forced 20 additional Palestinian families to flee the Bedouin community of Shalal al-Auja, north of Jericho, raising the number of displaced families from the area to 37 within days, according to the al-Baidar human rights organization.
In a statement issued Monday, al-Baidar said families from the al-Zayed clan were compelled to dismantle their tents and animal shelters and leave the area after escalating settler harassment and assaults carried out under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
The organization said the attacks are part of a systematic campaign of forcible displacement targeting Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley.
Residents have endured daily pressure, including settlers grazing livestock near and inside residential areas, blocking access to traditional grazing lands and water sources, erecting fences, and establishing nearby herding outposts to isolate the community.
Al-Baidar added that settlers also used dogs and drones to intimidate residents, particularly women and children, along with verbal abuse and direct threats, making continued presence in the area impossible on humanitarian and security grounds.
Shalal al-Auja is one of the largest and oldest Bedouin communities in the West Bank, home to dozens of families who rely primarily on livestock herding for survival. The organization warned that the displacement deals a severe blow to the Bedouin social fabric and threatens a traditional way of life that has existed in the Jordan Valley for decades.
Earlier this month, 17 families from the same community were also forced to leave following repeated settler attacks.
A recent report by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented the killing of 14 Palestinians by settlers in 2025 and the displacement of 13 Bedouin communities, comprising 197 families and more than 1,000 people, as part of a broader policy of forced displacement linked to settlement expansion.
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