688 assaults by settlers.. And the demolition of 131 homes and facilities in the West Bank during June
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688 assaults by settlers.. And the demolition of 131 homes and facilities in the West Bank during June

SadaNews - The Palestinian Labor and Planning Bureau in the Palestinian Liberation Organization issued its monthly report that addresses settler assaults and the demolition of houses and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and the main points included in it are:

First: Assaults by settler gangs

During the month of June, settler gangs carried out (688) assaults against Palestinian citizens and their property, an increase of 103% compared to the same period in 2025.

These violent assaults resulted in the injuries of (93) citizens with various injuries due to assaults involving gunfire, beatings, stone-throwing, and the use of toxic gas, including (7) women and (6) children.

The assaults included (18) shooting incidents, while the criminal settler gangs destroyed and uprooted (370) fruitful trees, and stole and killed (37) heads of livestock belonging to Palestinian farmers, causing damage to (79) vehicles due to burning or stone-throwing, while the settler gangs destroyed (3) homes and agricultural, livestock, and service facilities in the governorates of Hebron and Nablus.

In the context of pastoral settlement expansion, the Labor and Planning Bureau monitored attempts to establish (23) new pastoral outposts during the past month, including villages and towns like Sikka, Doura, and Bani Naim in the Hebron governorate, Abu Flaah, Turmus Ayya, and Eastern Mazraa, as well as Ayboud, Sinjil, Beitillu, Deir Abu Mishal, Burqa, and Deir Sudan in Ramallah and al-Bireh, Sorra and Bureen in Nablus, al-Auja in Jericho, Jorat al-Sham'a, Kaysan, and al-Rashayda in Bethlehem, Kafr al-Dik in Salfit, and Makhmas in Jericho and the Jordan Valley.

The criminal assaults were concentrated in Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate (212 assaults), Nablus governorate (161), Hebron governorate (125), Bethlehem governorate (50), Salfit governorate (40 assaults), Tubas and Northern Jordan Valley governorate (38 assaults), Jerusalem governorate (33), Jenin governorate (10 assaults), Jericho governorate (10 assaults), Tulkarem governorate (5 assaults), and Qalqilya (4 assaults).

Second: Demolition of houses and facilities

The Israeli occupation authorities demolished (131) homes and facilities in the West Bank and the occupied city of Jerusalem during June, including (37) homes and (94) facilities, among which (7) self-demolition operations took place in the neighborhoods of Sur Baher, Silwan, Al-Tur, and Al-Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem, carried out by their owners to avoid paying hefty fines. The demolition operations included the governorates of Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Nablus, Jericho, Salfit, Bethlehem, Tubas, and Jenin.

The settler gangs continued to vandalize and destroy citizens' facilities in the villages and cities of the West Bank, with the bureau documenting the destruction of three homes and facilities in the governorates of Hebron and Nablus.

The occupation authorities notified (136) houses and facilities of demolition and cessation of construction and work, with notifications covering the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Tubas, Northern Jordan Valley, Jericho, and Nablus.