Palestinians being displaced amid death threats made by Israeli settlers in Nablus area, according to the UN. With everyone's focus on the conflict in Gaza, violence from settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has ramped up since the war, activists and observers say.
A Palestinian family in Nablus, West Bank, deals with the fallout after its home was damaged by Israeli settlers. Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are being displaced amid death threats made by Israeli settlers in the Nablus area, according to the United Nations. Just days after Hamas launched its deadly attacks on Israel, setting off a war in Gaza, an unarmed Palestinian was shot in the stomach by a Jewish settler in the West Bank village of Masafer Yatta.
Palestinian activist Issa Amro, centre, is seen standing with Israeli activists in the West Bank city of Hebron on Dec. 2, 2022. Amro said that on Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas attacks on Israel, he was held for 10 hours and abused by the Israeli military. According to the United Nations, in 2023 there were, on average, three incidents of settler violence per day in the West Bank. Since Oct. 7, that has more than doubled to seven per day, on average, more than a third of them involving firearms.
Dan Owen, a researcher for the Israeli-based human rights group Yesh Din, said that since Oct. 7, their group has documented more than 172 incidents of violence in more than 80 Palestinian communities across the West Bank. Following his meeting last Friday with Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters he had heard a "clear commitment from the government to deal with extremist violence in the West Bank — to condemn it, to take action to prevent it, to take action against those who perpetrate it."
Because of the IDF's constant presence in the area, "soldiers do encounter incidents of violations of the law by Israelis, some may be violent incidents or incidents directed at Palestinians or their property," the IDF statement said. "In these cases, the soldiers are required to act to stop the violation and, if necessary, to delay or detain the suspects until the police arrive at the scene....
Last night, the Israeli army arrested Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi after she allegedly posted a threat on Instagram to "slaughter" Jewish settlers.
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