Israeli Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Home in West Bank
A group of Israeli settlers stormed the northeastern Ramallah town of Turmus Ayya and deliberately set ablaze a house belonging to a Palestinian family before local residents confronted the attackers and forced them to retreat, sources told media. The settlers also torched a vehicle belonging to a second family during the raid. No injuries were recorded in the incident.
Turmus Ayya has endured a pattern of repeated settler attacks targeting Palestinian homes, properties, and agricultural land — part of a broader campaign of seizures tied to illegal settlement expansion in the region.
In a separate assault, an elderly Palestinian woman sustained bruises after settlers attacked her in the Wadi Khneis area of eastern Hebron while Palestinians were working their farmland, a Palestinian news agency reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent transferred the woman to a nearby medical center for treatment. Israeli forces subsequently detained three of her sons.
The violence extended further across the West Bank. In eastern Nablus, Israeli forces severely beat a young Palestinian from the village of Beit Dajan before detaining him near the village entrance, the news agency said. In a particularly provocative move, soldiers also raided the home of Yazan Jabr — arrested just two days after his release from six months in Israeli detention — while family members and friends had gathered to welcome him home, a correspondent reported. Troops deployed stun grenades and tear gas during the raid, though no injuries were reported.
The escalating pattern of settler and military violence since October 2023 has left a devastating toll on Palestinian communities: more than 1,148 Palestinians killed, 11,750 wounded, and nearly 22,000 arrested across the occupied West Bank.
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