Escalation of Settler Attacks and Demolition in the West Bank During April

SadaNews - The Palestinian Department of Labor and Planning in the Palestine Liberation Organization issued its monthly report addressing the attacks by settlers and the demolition of houses and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, highlighting the following:

First: Attacks by Settler Gangs:

Settler gangs carried out (799) attacks against Palestinian citizens and their properties during the month of April, reflecting a 135% increase compared to the same period last year 2025.
The brutal Nazi attacks resulted in the martyrdom of six unarmed Palestinian citizens, killed while defending their land, villages, and homes against the open war waged by armed settlers supported by the Israeli occupation army and politically backed by their extremist fascist government. The martyrs are: martyr Ali Majid Hamadneh (23 years old) from the village of Deir Jarir, martyrs Jihad Marzouk Abu Naim (32 years old) and the child martyr Aws Hamdi Al-Nassaan (14 years old) from the village of Al-Mughayyir, and martyr Awda Atef Awad (26 years old) from the town of Deir Debwan, all from Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, who were killed as a result of direct live gunfire while defending their properties and land. In the Tubas and Northern Jordan Valley governorate, young man Alaa Khaled Sabih (28 years old) from the village of Tayaseer was martyred due to being shot by settlers, and in the Hebron governorate, child Muhammad Majdi Al-Ja'bari (16 years old) was martyred due to being run over by a settler while heading to school at the entrance of eastern Hebron. Thus, the number of martyrs resulting from the criminal settler assaults since the beginning of the year until today has risen to (18) martyrs, most of whom were martyred due to direct live gunfire.

Meanwhile, (97) citizens were injured with various wounds as a result of assaults on them by gunfire, beatings, and stone-throwing, including (14) children and (13) women.

The assaults included (37) shooting incidents, while settler gangs destroyed and uprooted (2414) fruit-bearing trees, and stole and killed (488) head of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers with the aim of tightening pressure on them and increasing the cost of their staying on the land. Meanwhile, (53) vehicles were damaged due to being burned or stoned. Settler gangs destroyed and burned (5) houses and agricultural, animal, and service facilities in the governorates of Jerusalem and Nablus.

In the context of expansion of pastoral settlement, the Labor and Planning Department observed attempts to establish (20) new pastoral outposts last month, the highest figure recorded in a month, including areas and villages of Madama, Jaloud, Burin, Qabalan, Osarin, Beita, and Awrta in Nablus governorate, Aboud, Beit Liqya, and Ein Sinia in Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, Wadi Al-Rakhim, Tal May'in, Al-Jawiya, and Um Al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, Al-Dhahiriya, Al-Shuyukh, and Sa'ir in Hebron governorate, and Marah Ma'la, Kisan, and Jeb Al-Dhib in Bethlehem governorate.

The criminal assaults were concentrated in Nablus governorate (209 attacks), Hebron (153), Ramallah and Al-Bireh (150), Bethlehem (65), Salfit (61), Tubas and the Northern Jordan Valley (46), Jenin (40), Jerusalem (31), Jericho (22), Qalqilya (20), and two attacks in Tulkarem governorate.

Second: Demolition of Houses and Facilities:

Israeli occupation authorities demolished (101) houses and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem during the month of April, including (43) houses and (58) facilities, among which (23) were self-demolitions in the neighborhoods of Jabal Mukabber, Sur Baher, Silwan, Ras Al-Amoud, and Al-Suwaneh in occupied Jerusalem, which their owners demolished themselves to avoid paying heavy fines. The demolition operations included the governorates of Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin, Jericho, Salfit, and Bethlehem.

Settler gangs continued to vandalize and destroy the properties of citizens in the villages and cities of the West Bank, as the department documented settlers burning and destroying five homes and facilities in Nablus and Jerusalem governorates.

The occupation authorities notified (85) houses and facilities of demolition and cessation of construction and work, including notifications in the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Jerusalem, Jenin, Nablus, Salfit, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya.