Settlers carry out bloody attacks in the West Bank (638) attacks against Palestinian citizens and demolition of (70) homes and facilities During last March

The Palestinian Labor and Planning Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization issued its monthly report on settler attacks and the demolition of homes and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and the most prominent of what was stated in it:-

First: Attacks by settler gangs:

During last March, settler gangs carried out (638) attacks against Palestinian citizens and their properties, an increase of 177% over the same period last year 2025.

These bloody Nazi attacks resulted in the martyrdom of ten unarmed Palestinian citizens, who were killed in cold blood just because they decided to defend their land from intruders and newcomers to this land. The martyrs are: Nablus Governorate: Muhammad Taha Ma'mar (52 years old) and his brother Fihm Taha Ma'mar (48 years old) from Qaryut village, and the martyr Amir Mutasem Odeh (28 years old) from Qasra village. In Hebron Governorate: the martyrs Amir Muhammad Shanaran and Yusri Majed Abu Qubaita (31 years old) from Yatta town. In Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate: the martyrs Fara' Judat Hamayel (57 years old) and the martyr Thaer Farouk Hamayel (24 years old) from Khirbet Abu Falah town, and the martyr Raafat Ayed Arar (60 years old) from Qarawat Bani Zeid village. In Jerusalem Governorate: the martyrs Murad Radi Al-Shweiki (32 years old) from Al-Za'im town and the martyr Muhammad Ahmed Faraj Al-Malhi (37 years old) from Sharafat town. Meanwhile, (190) citizens were injured with various injuries as a result of being attacked by gunfire, beating, and stone-throwing, including (11) children and (7) women. These human losses recorded during March are considered the highest ever since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967.

The attacks included (30) shooting incidents, while criminal settler gangs destroyed and uprooted (729) fruitful trees, and stole and killed (1255) head of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers with the aim of restricting them and raising the cost of their stay on the land. Meanwhile, (84) vehicles were damaged as a result of being burned or stoned, while settler gangs destroyed and burned (4) homes and agricultural, animal, and service facilities in villages and towns of the West Bank.

In the context of pastoral settlement expansion, the Labor and Planning Department monitored during the past month attempts to establish (12) new pastoral outposts, including the areas and villages of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya and Beit Amrin in Nablus Governorate, Al-Dhahiriya, Masafer Yatta, and Al-Samu' in Hebron Governorate, Turmus Ayya and Sinjil in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, Beit Iksa in Jerusalem Governorate, Tayasir and Ainun in Tubas and Northern Valleys Governorate, Sanur in Jenin Governorate, and Harmala in Bethlehem Governorate.

The criminal attacks were concentrated in Nablus Governorate (152) attacks, Hebron Governorate (125) attacks, Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate (111) attacks, Tubas and Northern Valleys Governorate (70) attacks, Jerusalem Governorate (51) attacks, Bethlehem Governorate (43) attacks, Salfit Governorate (41) attacks, Jenin Governorate (19) attacks, Qalqilya Governorate (17) attacks, Jericho Governorate (6) attacks, Tulkarm Governorate (3) attacks.

First: Demolition of homes and facilities:

During last March, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished (70) homes and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, including the demolition of (30) homes and (40) facilities, among them (12) self-demolition operations in the towns of Jabal Al-Mukaber, Beit Hanina, and Sur Baher in occupied Jerusalem, and Al-Samu' town south of Hebron Governorate, and Anza village south of Jenin Governorate, which their owners self-demolished to avoid paying exorbitant fines. The demolition operations included the governorates of Hebron, Jerusalem, Jericho, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilya, Tubas, and the Northern Valleys.

In the framework of the collective punishment policy, the Israeli occupation army forces demolished two homes belonging to the families of martyrs and prisoners, claiming they carried out fedayeen operations. They are: the home of the family of prisoner Azmi Nader Abu Hleil from Dura town south of Hebron city, and the home of the family of martyr Mahmoud Imad Al-Aqqad in Nablus 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 four homes and facilities in the governorates of Nablus, Hebron, Tubas, and the Northern Valleys.

The occupation authorities issued (33) demolition and stop-work orders for homes and facilities, and the notifications included the governorates of Hebron, Jenin, Jerusalem, and Ramallah and Al-Bireh.