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West Bank Bedouin Communities Targeted in Settler Attacks Amid Rising Violence
Israeli settlers torched and attacked Palestinian Bedouin camps and herding communities in the West Bank, causing injuries, property damage, and displacements. Incidents reported in late December 2025 coincide with broader escalation in settler violence.
Why It Matters
These attacks contribute to forced displacement of Palestinian communities, heighten tensions in the occupied West Bank, and reflect a surge in settler violence documented by UN agencies.
Timeline
7 Events
Forcible displacement of Ras Ain al-Auja Bedouin village
January 2026
Dozens of families in the Jericho-area village forcibly displaced by state-backed settler attacks, raids, and violence after years of escalation including sheep thefts and arson attempts.
Displacement of Khirbet Yanun herding community
Between 23 December 2025 and 5 January 2026
Settler attacks led to large-scale displacement of the entire Palestinian herding community in Nablus governorate.
Settlers attack Hammamat al-Maleh herding community
27 December 2025
Settlers attempted to trespass into shelters in Tubas governorate, vandalized structures, destroyed furniture and water tanks, assaulted a family injuring a 12-year-old child; Israeli forces arrested four family members.
Settlers attack Deir Dibwan farm
26 December 2025, ~01:00
Masked armed settlers from a settlement outpost cut electricity and broke into a Palestinian farm in Area B of Deir Dibwan village, Ramallah governorate; a second attack occurred around noon.
Second raid on Al Hadidiya and attack on Nkheila Bedouin community
22 December 2025
Settlers raided Al Hadidiya again; separately in Jerusalem governorate, settlers shot and injured three Palestinians in Nkheila Bedouin community with live ammunition after a raid from a new outpost.
Settlers raid Al Hadidiya herding community
16 December 2025
Settlers from a new outpost damaged and cut electrical cables to a solar panel system supplying two households in the Tubas governorate community.
Settlers attack Ein ad Duyuk al Fauqa Bedouin community
14 December 2025
Israeli settlers raided the Bedouin community in Jericho governorate early morning, assaulting and injuring seven Palestinians including women, children, and a disabled man, and damaging residential properties.