Timeline to the ain events

On Augustus 4, 2023, Deadly settler attack. Armed settlers entered Burqa with sheep. Palestinians confronted them; settlers threw stones and fired live ammunition. Qusai Jammal Mi'tan, 19, was killed and two Palestinians wounded. OCHA documents the incident and death. The settlers reportedly came from the direction of the Oz Zion outpost.

In April 2024, Repeated attacks / armed incursions of settlers under protection of soldiers: the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its crews transported four injuries, including a 15-year-old child, from live bullets after colonists’ attacked the village. More than 30 settlers attacked the village and began firing live bullets at citizens and their homes, wounding at least four citizens with bullets. They burned a barn for sheep during their attack on the village.

On July 15, 2024, a New outpost is established on Burqa land. Settlers erected tents and fencing/barbed wire on Palestinian land, explicitly described as an attempt to establish a new outpost. The violence is coupled with physical settlement expansion onto village land.

In Octobre 2024, sustained harassment during olive harvest. By late October, residents had documented 20 settler attacks in the preceding year. Settlers had burned olive trees, stolen and damaged property and attempted incursions; several illegal outposts were expanding around the village.

December 21, 2024, settler attack on outskirts of Burqa. Settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and damaged property, destroying a residential unit and an agricultural tent.

In October 2025, mass destruction of agricultural property: Settlers in Burqa cut down more than 800 saplings, including at least 170 olive trees. Reporting linked the attack to settlers believed to be from the Ramat Migron outpost.

On May 12–18, 2026, during a heavy wave of settler-driven violence in the Ramallah governorate, Israeli settlers targeted Burqa's agricultural infrastructure. Extremists set fire to cultivated Palestinian farmlands, destroying vital olive trees and burning across approximately 10 dunums (1 hectare) of land, exacerbated by strong winds.

On June 14, 2026, settlers attacked Burqa at night, set a vehicle on fire beside Al-Nour Mosque and attempted to burn the mosque while dozens of worshippers were inside attending evening religious services.

On June 23, 2026, a gang of settlers infiltrated the eastern Ramallah village in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The attackers smashed and vandalized vehicles belonging to local Palestinian residents before fleeing the scene.

On June 26, 2026, an Israeli settler attack occurred in the Palestinian village of Burqa, located east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. A group of Israeli settlers entered the village and set fire to agricultural land in the southeastern area, destroying roughly 1 hectare (around 2.5 acres) of Palestinian olive groves. While the attack took place, the Israeli military heavily deployed forces around Burqa, closing the village's main entrance and several secondary roads, which severely restricted the movement of the local residents. Confrontations broke out between the Palestinian villagers and the settlers. Israeli forces detained several Palestinian youths during the unrest, which extended close to local homes. No immediate injuries were reported. This incident follows a pattern of escalating tension in the village; just days earlier,

On Augustus 22, 2026, settlers burned residential and livelihood structures in Burqa. Two families, nine people including two children, were displaced.

On September 14, 2026, armed incursion of settlers into the eastern part of Burqa, attempting to steal livestock.A settler was filmed brandished a weapon at residents during the attack, other ones threw stones.