Settlers desecrate the West Bank: (639) attacks against Palestinian citizens and demolition of (215) homes and structures during last February

The Department of Palestinian Affairs and Planning in 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, and the most prominent points were:

First: Attacks by settler gangs

During last January, settler gangs carried out (639) attacks against Palestinian citizens and their properties, an increase of 181% compared to the same period last year 2025.

These criminal attacks resulted in the martyrdom of two young men, Nasrallah Muhammad Abu Siam (19 years old) from the village of Mikhmas, northeast of Jerusalem Governorate, and Tamer Ismail Qaisiya (19 years old) from the town of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron Governorate, as a result of direct shooting at them. Also, (102) citizens were injured with various wounds as a result of being beaten, shot, pelted with stones, and sprayed with gas, including (11) women and (4) children.

The attacks included (25) shooting incidents, while criminal settler gangs destroyed and uprooted (1051) fruitful trees, and stole and killed (755) head of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers with the aim of restricting them and increasing the cost of their stay on the land. Damage was inflicted on (57) vehicles as a result of burning or stoning them, while settler gangs destroyed and burned (50) homes and agricultural, animal, and service facilities in villages and towns of the West Bank, concentrated in the governorates of Jericho, Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah, and Al-Bireh.

In the context of pastoral settlement expansion, the Department of Affairs and Planning monitored during the past month attempts to establish two pastoral settlement outposts in the Al-Rahwa area near the town of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, and an outpost between the villages of Jalud and Talfit.

The criminal attacks were concentrated in Nablus Governorate (145) attacks, Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate (145) attacks, then Hebron Governorate (129) attacks, Tubas and Northern Valleys Governorate (64) attacks, Jerusalem Governorate (46) attacks, Bethlehem Governorate (35) attacks, Salfit Governorate (24) attacks, Jericho Governorate (24) attacks, Qalqilya Governorate (14) attacks, Jenin Governorate (8) attacks, Tulkarm Governorate (6) attacks.

Second: Demolition of homes and structures

During last February, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished (215) homes and structures in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, including the demolition of (88) homes and (127) structures, among them (17) self-demolition operations in the towns of Jabal Al-Mukaber, Silwan, Beit Hanina, Sur Baher, and Al-Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, carried out by their owners to avoid paying exorbitant fines. The demolition operations included all governorates of the West Bank.

In the framework of the collective punishment policy, the Zionist occupation army forces demolished three homes belonging to the families of martyrs: the home of martyr Mahmoud Abed in the town of Halhul, the home of martyr Walid Sabarneh in the town of Beit Ummar in Hebron Governorate, and the home of martyr Raafat Dawas in the town of Silat al-Harithiya in Jenin Governorate.

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 (50) homes and service, agricultural, and animal facilities, the largest of which was the demolition of (22) homes in the Al-Duyuk cluster north of Jericho city.

The occupation authorities notified (251) homes and structures of demolition and cessation of construction and work, and the notifications included the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nablus, Tubas and the Northern Valleys, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Qalqilya, Salfit, and Tulkarm.