Settler attacks on Shallal al-Auja to evict the community

Shallal al‑Auja (sometimes written as Shallal al‑Awja) is a small Bedouin community located north of Jericho within the broader area of Al‑‘Auja, in the eastern Jordan Valley.

It's in the Al‑‘Auja area, and falls under Area C—meaning it remains under full Israeli military and administrative control. The community is part of a network of small villages and Bedouin encampments along Wadi al‑Auja and near the Al‑‘Auja spring, approximately 10–11 km northeast of Jericho

In essence, Shalla al‑Auja is one of several vulnerable Bedouin communities situated near Al‑‘Auja in the northern Jordan Valley, facing pressures on land, water, and security.

Notable incident:

On July 15, 2025, Israeli settlers and forces attacked the residents of Shalla al‑Auja. The community was assaulted and threatened in a coordinated effort to displace Bedouin families from their land.

On Augustus 16, 2025, Israeli settlers forcibly displaced two Palestinian Bedouin families from the Shallal al-Auja area north of Jericho after violent assaults and death threats. According to Hassan Mleihat of the Al-Baydar Organization, armed settlers surrounded the families’ homes, severely beat them, and threatened to kill them if they stayed. Rights groups report that new colonial outposts established nearby have intensified a campaign of intimidation aimed at forcing residents off their land.

On December 31, 2025, Israeli settlers plowed Palestinian-owned land, in what rights groups describe as a coordinated attempt to seize land and expand a newly established colonial outpost. The operation began at dawn, with tractors used to cultivate large areas belonging to local families. According to Hassan Mleihat of the Al-Baidar Organization, the plowing is part of a systematic strategy to impose new facts on the ground by linking seized plots to the expanding outpost. The area has already been heavily affected by land loss due to the separation wall and earlier outposts, many later legalized by Israel. Residents warn that the latest actions signal an accelerating wave of land grabs aimed at emptying the region of its Palestinian population and consolidating control over vital agricultural and grazing lands. Community leaders are calling for urgent intervention to stop further takeover.

On January 8, 2026, A Palestinian rights group, Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, said that ongoing Israeli settler attacks have forced about 20 Palestinian families to leave the northern area of the Shalal al-Ouja Bedouin community, north of Jericho in the West Bank, amid repeated assaults and a lack of protection.