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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes, vehicles in West Bank villages

Tuesday, 18 November 2025 7:56 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 18 November 2025 7:56 AM ]

This picture shows the aftermath of a settler attack on the village of al-Jab’a, southwest of Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 17, 2025.

Amid a wave of rising violence by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, extremist Jewish settlers have carried out two separate large-scale attacks on Palestinian homes and vehicles in the territory and set them ablaze.

Dhyab Masha’la, the head of the local council, said dozens of settlers rampaged through the village of al-Jab’a, located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) southwest of Bethlehem, on Monday evening, torching three Palestinian homes, one shack and three vehicles.

Eyewitnesses noted that more than 100 extremist settlers took part in the assault.

Masha’la told the Palestinian news agency WAFA that the attackers caused extensive damage to the village, but that locals managed to extinguish the flames. No casualties were reported.

According to Israeli Army Radio, the attack was allegedly in retaliation for the dismantling of an illegal settler outpost and clashes in the Gush Etzion region earlier in the day.

Israeli settlers torched Palestinian cars in the village of al-Jab’a, southwest of Bethlehem, West Bank.

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Earlier on Monday, WAFA reported that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, had set a house and two vehicles ablaze while also physically attacking several civilians in the town of Sa’ir, located northeast of al-Khalil.

Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinians using batons and sharp tools, causing injuries to several women. Israeli forces prevented fire engines and ambulances from accessing the scene.

Israel perpetrating systematic terror, abuse in West Bank: Hamas

Hamas says the UN figures that illegal Israeli settler attacks hit the highest monthly toll in October in nearly two decades constitute clear evidence of the systematic policy of terror and abuse pursued by the occupying regime against Palestinians.

The head of the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, said on November 5 that Israeli forces carried out 1,584 attacks across the West Bank last month, which included direct physical assaults, home demolitions, and the uprooting of olive trees.

The governorates experiencing the bulk of the violence were Ramallah with 542 incidents, Nablus with 412, and al-Khalil with 401.

The research, compiled in a CRRC monthly report titled Occupation Violations and Colonial Expansion Measures, additionally recorded 766 attacks carried out by settlers.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of historical Palestine illegal.

The ICJ demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds.

The court’s advisory opinion, though not legally binding, carries significant political weight as it marks the first time the ICJ has delivered a position on the legality of the 57-year occupation.

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