Union for Justice: More Than 110 Settler Attacks in the West Bank During the Past Month
2/7/2025 – Union for Justice
The information and data available to the Union for Justice indicate that the assaults and attacks carried out by settlers against Palestinian citizens and property in the West Bank have reached dangerous and unprecedented levels.
According to the Union for Justice, these (daily and intensive) attacks numbered more than 110 incidents during June.
The organization’s monitoring shows that Ramallah suffered the largest share of these attacks, with around 30 assaults carried out by settlers against villages and towns in the governorate. It was followed by Nablus with 22 attacks, then Hebron with a similar number, and finally Jericho and the northern Jordan Valley with 15 attacks.
The organization added: “It is noticeable that settler assaults have become more deadly. During June, three Palestinians were martyred in the town of Kafr Malik near Ramallah while attempting to confront a settler attack, and a fourth citizen was shot dead by settlers in the town of Surif, Hebron district.”
Settler assaults varied between attacking Palestinians directly, physically assaulting them, firing live ammunition at them, burning homes, vehicles, and public institutions, vandalizing property, stealing belongings and livestock, establishing new settlement outposts, and blocking Palestinian roads with barriers, concrete blocks, and iron gates.
The Union for Justice documented that in June settlers cut down and destroyed more than 650 trees, including olive, almond, and citrus trees, in addition to burning thousands of dunums planted with wheat, barley, and vetch.
By the end of 2024, the number of settlers in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, had exceeded 770,000 settlers, distributed across 180 settlements and 256 outposts, of which 138 outposts are classified as agricultural or pastoral. Israeli settlement expansion is concentrated mainly in the central and southern West Bank.
Several months ago, the Israeli government approved the return of settlers to four settlements in Jenin Governorate that had been evacuated under the 2005 disengagement plan. In May 2025, the government approved the construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank—the largest expansion in decades.
Settler Attacks and Army Protection
The organization affirms that the majority of these assaults and attacks occurred in the presence of the Israeli army, which has increasingly provided protection and support to settlers during their assaults on Palestinian villages and towns. This comes in addition to the political, financial, and legal support settlers receive from the Israeli government, dominated by the far-right.
The organization points out that any Palestinian who tries to defend himself and his family—using only simple means—faces arrest and prosecution by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet security service.
At times, these assaults take on an individual character, but in many cases they are far more organized, particularly after settlers began to resemble a military formation affiliated with the Israeli army, receiving military training and carrying weapons openly.
Scattered Attacks, One Goal
The Union for Justice stresses that these assaults and attacks by settlers cannot be dismissed as isolated or exceptional incidents, but rather as part of and a continuation of the Israeli government’s plans and strategic vision for the future and shape of the West Bank, aiming to make it an unlivable environment for Palestinian residents.
The Israeli government seeks to complete its plans to annex the West Bank, fragment it with settlements and connecting roads, and turn it into isolated cantons and enclaves—devoid of any political framework that might evolve into the nucleus of a Palestinian state.
Detailed Report on Settler Attacks (1–30 June 2025) According to the Monitoring of Union for Justice
1 June 2025
– Dozens of settlers closed the main entrance to the village of Al–Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, performed Talmudic rituals, and obstructed movement in and out of the village.
– A settler attacked brothers Ghassan and Imad Muhammad Abdel-Jaber in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, brutally beat them, and smashed their car.
2 June 2025
– A settler assaulted Palestinian citizens and foreign activists in ‘Azzaba Abu Hummam, south of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, and stole two mobile phones.
– Settlers flew drones toward shepherds in the village of al-Maniya, east of Bethlehem, causing panic among them.
– Settlers attacked several Palestinians who were in their car at the Ein al-Hilweh junction in the northern Jordan Valley.
3 June 2025
– Settlers destroyed more than 30 olive trees belonging to citizen Bashir Ma‘adi in the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah.
– Settlers from the settlement of Eli pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones near al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
4 June 2025
– Settlers erected two tents near the homes of Palestinians in the village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in a provocative step to pressure residents and damage their property and crops.
– Settlers established a new outpost on Palestinian land in the village of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, on the ruins of a Palestinian family’s home that had been demolished after their forced displacement a year earlier following a series of violent attacks.
– Settlers launched a wide-scale attack on the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, injuring 10 Palestinians, burning 3 homes, several vehicles, and horse and sheep pens.
– Settlers attacked the Armenian Monastery and other Christian holy sites during their raid into the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, spitting on the monastery, crosses, and sacred symbols.
5 June 2025
– Settlers attacked Bedouin tents in Humsa al-Fuqa, assaulted residents, and injured several people.
6 June 2025
– Dozens of armed settlers stormed the Ein Jariut area in the town of Bitunia, west of Ramallah, and roamed the outskirts of the town near Noor al-Huda schools.
– Ein Jariut is one of the largest natural springs in the area, its water flows year-round, surrounded by an archaeological site, and its pool is used by farmers to irrigate their nearby fields. It has been repeatedly targeted by settler incursions under army protection.
– Settlers cut down around 100 olive saplings in the Marj Sia‘ plain between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
– 70 of the saplings belonged to Wadi‘ Khaled Alqam from Turmusayya, and 30 belonged to Yasser Judat from Abu Falah.
7 June 2025
– Armed settlers chased Palestinian shepherds and expelled them from their land in the Tel Ma‘in area in the town of al-Karmel, south of Hebron.
– Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles near ‘Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, smashing several car windows.
– Settlers cut down more than 100 olive trees in the eastern area of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, belonging to Muhannad Sufyan Rayan.
– A group of settlers assaulted Nasser Faraj Naji from Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit, while he was in his land in the northern part of the town, injuring him and forcing his transfer to Salfit Governmental Hospital. Settlers also attempted to burn an agricultural room belonging to Ahmad Muhammad Ali.
8 June 2025
– Settlers stole livestock belonging to Hazem Wasif Bani Jaber and assaulted him and his wife, spraying them with pepper spray, in Khirbet al-Tawil, east of ‘Aqraba, south of Nablus.
– Ibrahim Eid al-Hreizat was injured with bruises and wounds after a severe beating by settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Meanwhile, the Israeli army arrested Suleiman al-Dabbasah from Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’, after he confronted settlers who had vandalized the fence surrounding his home.
– Settlers rebuilt an outpost on Palestinian land in the Jabal al-Tal area, south of Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
09 June 2025
– A settler accompanied by a bulldozer blocked agricultural side roads with large rocks in Wadi al-Abyar, south of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.
– The closure of these roads prevents farmers from reaching their vast agricultural lands, particularly in the areas of Wadi al-Shami, Faghur, al-Aqta‘, Wadi al-Abyar, and Umm Farouneh.
– Settlers demolished an agricultural room in the village of al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, belonging to Ibrahim Kawazba.
– Settlers incited the Israeli army to demolish more than 20 homes in al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, located on the main road between Nablus and Ramallah, announcing that they would demonstrate every evening at the village’s main entrance until the demolitions were carried out.
– Settlers smashed the front of a shop and a vehicle in the village of ‘Usrin, south of Nablus.
– Settlers fenced off areas of land in Ein al-Ghazal area of al–Farisiyah, in the northern Jordan Valley, raising fears that they intended to establish a new pastoral outpost in the area.
10 June 2025
– Settlers stormed the entrance of the village of Immatin , east of Qalqilya, set fire to a vehicle belonging to Tariq Sabour, and sprayed racist graffiti on nearby walls.
– A settler closed the gate at the entrance of Yasuf , east of Salfit, which has been the village’s only near-functioning outlet to the city of Salfit in recent weeks.
– Settlers attacked Palestinians in ‘Usrin, south of Nablus, injuring two who fell while trying to resist the assault.
– Settlers stole about 50 heads of livestock from pens belonging to Palestinians in Khirbat as-Samra, in the northern Jordan Valley.
11 June 2025
– A group of settlers from the settlement of Havat Ma‘on, built on Palestinian land, assaulted Mufdi Rub‘i in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, while he was grazing his sheep near his home in the village of a-Tuwani, causing him injuries and bruises.
12 June 2025
– Armed settlers from the settlement of Itskhar Aman attacked Saif Tawfiq Awad from the Abu Shaban area, east of Yatta, along with several shepherds in the area, before Israeli soldiers arrested Awad.
– Settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the neighborhoods of Za‘tara and Bir Qouza in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, and vandalized several vehicles before residents confronted them.
– Settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles and scattered nails on the main road near the villages of Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
13 June 2025
– Settlers bulldozed land in the al-Rweiss area of Salem village, east of Nablus, and erected a tent on the site.
14 June 2025
– Settlers attacked Palestinian property in the Shallal al-Auja community, north of Jericho, and watered their sheep from the community’s water tank, while residents themselves are forced to buy costly water tankers due to the absence of a regular water network.
– Settlers attacked the Bedouin village of Ma‘azi Jaba‘, east of occupied Jerusalem, injuring four Palestinians with varying degrees of wounds and setting fire to several residential tents.
15 June 2025
– Settlers attacked a stone-cutting workshop (industrial facility) in the town of al-Mazra‘a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah, burning its office and smashing the windows of a vehicle, before residents confronted them and forced them to retreat.
– Settlers assaulted Anas Basem Khafsh from the village of Marda, east of Salfit, while he was driving through the Wadi Yasuf area, damaging his vehicle.
– Settlers stole a water tanker in Khirbet Ibziq, northeast of Tubas, belonging to Aziz Ismail Nawaj‘a.
– Settlers set fire to farmland in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus, and fired live bullets at Civil Defense crews as they tried to approach and extinguish the fire.
– Settlers set fire to agricultural lands in the al-Sahl area, east of Turmus‘ayya, northeast of Ramallah, leading to the burning of several olive trees.
16 June 2025
– Settlers dismantled a shack belonging to a resident in the village of ‘Arab al-Malihat in the al-Ma‘arajat area, northwest of Jericho.
– A settler, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, demolished an agricultural room in the town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit, belonging to Ali Abdel-Hamid Ahmad, under the pretext of lacking a permit.
– A group of settlers, under army protection, continued extensive land leveling for several days in Yasuf village, near the settlement of Taffuh, built on Palestinian land.
– Settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles on the al-Ma‘arajat road, northwest of Jericho.
17 June 2025
– Settlers slashed the tires and smashed the windows of the vehicle belonging to Omar Muhammad Rashid Salah in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.
– A settler blocked a main road in the town of Tuqu‘, southeast of Bethlehem, with concrete blocks.
– Settlers destroyed an irrigation network and agricultural land in the al-Matwi area, located between Bruqin and Salfit, west of Salfit Governorate, belonging to Bassem Abdul-Aziz Rizqallah.
– Settlers placed a wooden structure as part of their efforts to establish an outpost in the Jabal al-Tal area on the lands of Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
– Settlers assaulted Imran Ismail Nawaj‘a in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, causing head injuries that required his transfer to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
– They also released their livestock into lands of Khirbet Qawawis in Masafer Yatta, owned by the Abu ‘Aram family, and chased shepherds in Wadi Ma‘in, assaulting sheep belonging to Musa Ahmad Muhammad and Jaser al-Hamamdeh.
– Settlers attacked the al-Qarna area on the outskirts of Turmus‘ayya, northeast of Ramallah, firing live bullets at Palestinian youths. No injuries were reported.
18 June 2025
– Settlers closed a road north of the village of Duma, south of Nablus, with earth mounds. This road connects the village with Majdal Bani Fadil to the north.
19 June 2025
– Settlers attacked Palestinians in the Marj Si‘a plain between Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, injuring Ruqad Jum‘a Abu ‘Aliya from al-Mughayyir while he was grazing his sheep. He sustained bruises and wounds and was transferred to the village medical clinic.
– Settlers resumed construction of a new outpost in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus. The work included cutting olive and forest trees in the Jabal al-Ras area of the town, located about 500 meters from Palestinian homes. They rebuilt shacks, set up tents, and connected them to an electricity network.
– A group of settlers, under Israeli army protection, fired live bullets at Palestinians in the al-Quraynat area of al-Jab’a, northwest of Hebron, as they attempted to extinguish a fire settlers had ignited on the land. One Palestinian was killed and eight others wounded.
20 June 2025
– At dawn, settlers attempted to steal a 150-square-meter iron shack belonging to Atallah Suleiman Ka‘abneh during an attack on the ‘Arab al-Malihatt community, northwest of Jericho.
– Settlers continued large-scale bulldozing and uprooting of ancient olive trees in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, for the third consecutive day. The operations affected about 10 dunums of land, stretching nearly 1,200 meters long and 10–15 meters deep, in several areas including al-Namura, Sha‘b al-Nimr, and al-Muzayri‘a, along the old Ramallah–Nablus road. Many of the uprooted trees were ancient olive trees dating back to the Roman era.
– A group of settlers attacked the town of Beita, south of Nablus, injuring three Palestinians with live bullets.
– Settlers from the settlement of Susiya attacked Palestinian homes in the Ashkara area near the village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, injuring two Palestinians with bruises. They were taken to a medical center for treatment.
21 June 2025
– Settlers attacked the Wadi al-Hammadna area on the outskirts of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah. No injuries were reported.
– Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles and sprayed passengers with pepper spray in the Ramin Plain area of Tulkarm, causing several cases of suffocation.
– Settlers set fire to agricultural lands in the Si‘a Plain, located between al-Mughayyir, Abu Falah, and Turmus‘ayya, northeast of Ramallah.
23 June 2025
– Settlers stole a Palestinian’s vehicle while he was traveling on a dirt road near Rafat, west of Salfit, after threatening him at gunpoint.
– Settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles at the entrance of the settlement of Shilo, near Turmus‘ayya, north of Ramallah, and assaulted passengers by spraying them with pepper spray while the cars were stopped at the traffic light at the settlement entrance.
24 June 2025
– Settlers released their livestock into Palestinian farmlands in the villages of Sha‘b al-Butum and Jinba in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, causing extensive crop damage and the destruction of numerous fruit trees.
– Settlers in the same area also seized a water well used by Palestinians for irrigating crops and watering livestock. Earlier, settlers from the Ma‘on settlement had raided Khirbet At Tuwani and destroyed bales of hay belonging to Ibrahim ‘Awad.
– Settlers plowed and fenced off hundreds of dunums of farmland in Khirbet Surra, located between Qaryut and Jalud, south of Nablus.
– Settlers installed 8 iron gates on the entrances of agricultural roads in al-Khader, south of Bethlehem — 6 in the Wadi al-Abyar area, and 2 in Faghur and Wadi al-Walajiya. This effectively prevents farmers from accessing around 12,000 dunums of their land.
– Settlers bulldozed farmlands planted with grapevines and almond trees, and filled in water wells belonging to the Salah family in Shushahla, southwest of al-Khader, Bethlehem. The goal was to expand the boundaries of the Daniel settlement, built on Palestinian land.
25 June 2025
– For the second consecutive day, settlers fenced off more Palestinian-owned lands in Khirbet al-Farisiya in the northern Jordan Valley.
– Settlers attacked Sinjil, north of Ramallah, firing live ammunition heavily at residents.
– A group of settlers assaulted a Palestinian in al-Mazra‘a al-Sharqiya (Ramallah district) while he was inside his vehicle, causing fractures and bruises, and also destroyed agricultural property.
– Settlers set fire to the home of Nasser Shreiteh in the village of Susiya, Yatta, south of Hebron.
– Settlers attacked residents of ‘Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, injuring one Palestinian in the head — only hours after they had set fire to farmlands in the village.
– Settlers uprooted around 80 trees in an area called Suf, between Aqraba and Majdal Bani Fadil, south of Nablus.
– Settlers attacked the Abu Faza‘ al-Ka‘abneh family east of Ramallah and burned a car parked outside one of the homes. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its teams treated 8 cases of suffocation due to settlers burning Palestinian property in the area.
– Settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles near the village of al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem.
– Dozens of settlers attacked the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah, setting homes on fire and opening live fire at residents who tried to repel them. This led to the killing of 3 Palestinians (Murshid Hamayel, Muhammad al-Naji, and Lutfi Sabri) and the injury of 7 others, some of them in critical condition.
26 June 2025
– Settlers set fire to Palestinian farmlands in Turmus‘ayya, northeast of Ramallah, and fired live ammunition at residents and their homes.
– Settlers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, detained several Palestinians in the Khan Shahin area of Hebron’s Old City and physically assaulted them, causing bruises and wounds. Most were treated in the field, while one person was transferred to a nearby hospital with moderate injuries.
27 June 2025
– Settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Susiya, Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, injuring Rabeeha al-Nawaj‘a, who was taken to Yatta Governmental Hospital. Several homes sustained damage.
– Settlers stormed Joseph’s Tomb, east of Nablus, and pelted Palestinian vehicles in the area with stones, damaging them.
– Settlers stole sheep belonging to Ibrahim Atallah Ka‘abneh from Arab al-Mlihat, northwest of Jericho.
– Settlers from the Yitzhar settlement attacked the home of the Soufan family south of Burin, south of Nablus, and set up a tent opposite it.
– Settlers stormed the southern outskirts of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, attempting to advance toward the town. They detained several residents and activists who tried to resist the incursion, assaulting and threatening them.
– Settlers set fire to a cypress grove in the fields of Turmus‘ayya, northeast of Ramallah.
– Settlers raided the Ein Samia area, east of Ramallah, and smashed a sign belonging to the Jerusalem Water Authority. This came just days after they had damaged the main water pipeline connected to Well No. 6, one of the most vital wells in the region.
– Armed settlers from the Otniel settlement demolished a 50-square-meter agricultural shed in Khallet al-Fara, west of Yatta, south of Hebron, belonging to Ahmad Abu Sabha. They also bulldozed agricultural lands in the surrounding area.
– Armed settlers attacked the home of Muhammad Abdullah Ubeid in Ikhlet al-Homs, southeast of Yatta (south of Hebron), smashing its windows and stealing furniture and equipment.
– Settlers assaulted Palestinian farmers working in their lands in Shuqba, west of Ramallah, expelling them from their property.
28 June 2025
– Settlers set up tents on the eastern side of ‘Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, and placed racist signs linked to the “Price Tag” gangs, one of which read in Arabic: “No future in Palestine.”
– Settlers set fire to farmlands in the Bab al-Wad area of Yabrud, east of Ramallah.
– Settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the Kafrur area in Tel village, southwest of Nablus. Residents confronted them, leading to clashes in which Israeli forces fired live bullets and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
– Settlers from Karmei Tzur erected tents on 28 dunums of land owned by Sami Abdul Hamid Bahr, planted with almond and grape trees, in the ‘Aqabat al-Sabbarna area of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
29 June 2025
– Settlers detained a herd of cattle belonging to Rafi‘ Muhammad Faqha while he was grazing them in the Hamma area of the northern Jordan Valley.
– Settlers seized more Palestinian lands in Umm al-Kheir, Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, by moving the fence around the Karme’il settlement and expanding it at the expense of Palestinian lands on the western side of Umm al-Kheir.
– Settlers from Ma‘ale Shomron uprooted and broke around 180 olive and citrus trees and saplings in ‘Azzun, east of Qalqilya, belonging to Radi Muhammad Radwan. They also stole agricultural equipment and damaged the water network on his farm, with estimated losses of about 10,000 shekels.
– Settlers attacked the eastern part of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, injuring three Palestinians with live ammunition: ‘Odeh Ahmad ‘Odeh ‘Askar, Ghazi Badr Dawud Dar ‘Amir, and the boy Ahmad Mustafa. They also burned a hut belonging to ‘Afif Ahmad Suleiman Rizq ‘Askar.
– Settlers dressed in Israeli military uniforms attacked residents of Umm al-Kheir in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, injuring four Palestinians, including a woman, with wounds and bruises.
– Settlers attacked an elderly man and a young man in Susiya, south of Hebron, causing them injuries and bruises.
– Settlers forced shepherds to leave their grazing lands in Khirbet Samra in the northern Jordan Valley. Several Palestinian families had already begun dismantling their homes and leaving due to escalating settler violence.
– Settlers, protected by Israeli forces, attacked the eastern outskirts of al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah.
30 June 2025
– A group of settlers attacked Shallalat al-Auja village, north of Jericho, assaulting residents and damaging property.
– A settler ran over Rajai Nator al-Deek from Kafr al-Deek, west of Salfit, near the Barkan settlement.
– Settlers destroyed more than 150 olive saplings in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, belonging to Muhammad Mukhammara.
– Settlers carried out excavation work on Palestinian-owned lands in Khirbet al-Ḥadra, east of Wadi al-Jawaya in Masafer Yatta, in order to expand a nearby settlement.
– Settlers from the Asfar settlement set fire to hundreds of dunums of vineyards, almond, and olive groves in Khirbet Jorat al-Kheil in Sa‘ir, northeast of Hebron, and seized 96 sheep belonging to Ibrahim Muhammad Mustafa al-Shalalda.
– Settlers released their livestock onto farmlands in Khirbet al-Mirkaz, Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, destroying large parts of the crops. Following this, Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians, including women and children, who tried to resist the settlers.
– Settlers pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones near the Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, shattering the windows of a vehicle belonging to Ayman Atallah Soufan.
