Israeli settlers, raiding various areas of the West Bank, targeted Palestinian homes and agricultural lands; attacks that led to the widespread destruction of vineyards and damage to farmers' property.
Various areas of the occupied West Bank have witnessed a widespread wave of violent assaults by Zionist settlers over the past 24 hours. These attacks, which include arson, property destruction, the siege of families, and encroachment on olive groves, have been organized with the aim of destroying the living infrastructure and agricultural lands of Palestinians, and have been accompanied by calls among Palestinians to escalate resistance.
The European Union's foreign policy chief announced that member states may reach an agreement today, Monday, on imposing sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank.
The United Nations has warned of a sharp increase in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as Israeli settler attacks and occupation forces’ operations have forced nearly 880 families – over 4,700 individuals- to flee their homes, UN spokesperson Stefan Dujarric said Friday.
In the quiet village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem, local farmers watched their fields plowed by settlers on Monday evening, a move seen as a step towards seizing control of the land. Villagers reported that approximately 50 dunums of fertile land were prepared for settlement use, leaving residents increasingly concerned about the shrinking space available for agriculture and daily life.
Israeli settlers on Sunday placed mobile homes and caravans east of Ramallah and al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, residents told Wafa news agency. The units were installed between the towns of Burqa and Deir Dibwan to expand the Migron settlement, which sits on Palestinian-owned land.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the olive harvest season in the West Bank has seen the highest level of settler attacks in five years.
