Settlers violate the West Bank: (634) attacks against Palestinian citizens and demolition of (189) homes and structures during last January

   The Palestinian Labor and Planning Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization issued its monthly report on settler attacks and the demolition of homes and structures in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, highlighting the following:-

First: Attacks by settler gangs

During last January, settler gangs carried out (634) attacks against Palestinian citizens and their properties, an increase of 78% compared to the same period last year 2025.

 These criminal attacks resulted in (78) citizens sustaining various injuries due to being beaten, shot, pelted with stones, and sprayed with gas, including (7) women and (5) children.

The attacks included (28) shooting incidents and two hit-and-run incidents against Palestinian citizens. Criminal settler gangs destroyed and uprooted (2000) fruit trees, and stole and killed (586) head of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers, with the aim of harassing them and increasing the cost of their presence on their land. Damage was inflicted upon (53) vehicles as a result of being burned or pelted with stones, while settler gangs destroyed and burned (11) homes and agricultural, animal, and service facilities in villages and towns of the West Bank, concentrated in the governorates of Jerusalem and Hebron.

In the context of pastoral settlement expansion, the Labor and Planning Department monitored attempts last month to establish (4) new pastoral settlement outposts distributed in the villages and towns of Rummon and Deir Dibwan east of Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, Khan Al-Ahmar and Beit Iksa village in Jerusalem Governorate, and Jabal Ain Aina between the villages of Qusra and Jalud south of Nablus Governorate.

The criminal attacks were concentrated in Nablus Governorate (150) attacks, followed by Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate (139) attacks, then Hebron Governorate (131) attacks, followed by Jerusalem Governorate (43) attacks, Tubas and Northern Valleys Governorate (39) attacks, Jericho Governorate (38) attacks, Bethlehem Governorate (36) attacks, Salfit Governorate (26) attacks, Jenin Governorate (15) attacks, Qalqilya Governorate (9) attacks, Tulkarm Governorate (8) attacks.

Second: Demolition of homes and structures

During last January, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished (189) homes and structures in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, including the demolition of (43) homes and (146) structures, among them (8) self-demolition operations in the towns of Silwan and Al-Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, and the villages of Kafr Thulth and Al-Funduq in Qalqilya Governorate, and Al-Walaja town in Bethlehem Governorate. Their owners self-demolished them to avoid paying exorbitant fines. The demolition operations were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nablus, Salfit, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Jerusalem, Qalqilya, Jenin, and Tulkarm.

In the context of the collective punishment policy, the Zionist occupation army forces demolished two homes belonging to the families of martyrs and wounded, namely the home of prisoner Ahmed Abu Al-Rub from Qabatiya town in Jenin Governorate, and the home of martyr Imran Al-Atrash in Hebron city.

Settler gangs continued to sabotage and destroy citizens' facilities in the villages and cities of the West Bank, where the department documented settlers burning and destroying (11) homes and service, agricultural, and animal facilities, specifically in the Masafer Yatta communities southeast of Hebron Governorate, and the Khirbet al-Sidera Bedouin community near Mikhmas village northeast of Jerusalem Governorate.

The occupation authorities issued demolition and stop-work orders for (60) homes and structures, and the notifications included the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jenin, Nablus, Tubas and the Northern Valleys, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, and Qalqilya.