On 26 August, 2025, armed settlers raided Qawawis community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, threw stones at homes, broke into one house, damaging windows and belongings, and destroyed 16 solar panels and six surveillance cameras. They also physically assaulted and pepper-sprayed residents, injuring three Palestinians and three foreign activist. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams dealt with four injuries, including three female activists and a young Palestinian man, who sustained bruises and wounds after being assaulted. They were transferred to hospital for treatment. Activist Osama Makhmara reported that Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet al-Qawawis in Masafer Yatta, where they attacked residents and international activists who were present in solidarity. He added that they physically assaulted them, leaving several with visible injuries. Activist Tair Kaminer, one of the three activists who were injured in the incident, was beaten many times with clubs and underwent surgery on her hand this week. She was left with three fractures: in the shoulder, in the elbow, and in the arm, as well as a head wound that was closed with staples. **Context :** Qawawis (Quwawis) is a tiny Bedouin herding community situated in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli civil and military control. The hamlet lies within Firing Zone 918, an area designated by Israeli authorities that effectively prohibits development and undermines the community’s stability. Residents face persistent demolition orders, restrictions on infrastructure and frequent attacks or harassment from nearby illegal outpost and settlements. see also : [Raids by settlers on Qawawis (Masafer Yatta)](https://tiktokgenocide.com/manage/resources/events/1416)

On August 26, 2025, Israeli forces carried out a large-scale raid in Ramallah. It began with a sudden incursion by a Mist’arvim unit, which triggered panic among civilians. When armored vehicles stormed the heart of the town, firing tear gas canisters, stun grenades, and live bullets, young Palestinians responded by throwing stones. The raid lasted 3.5 hours before the forces withdrew. **Timeline of Events:** Around 12:00 p.m. local time, Israeli armored vehicles entered the center of Ramallah during peak daytime hours. Forces immediately began firing live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters into the crowded city center. Civilians were present in cafés, markets, and businesses at the time. Israeli soldiers broke into a major money exchange business (Ajjouli) in the heart of Ramallah and according to local sources, they stole nearly one million shekels (approximately $270,000 USD); and the Arab Bank headquarters in Manara Square. Eyewitnesses reported soldiers taking sniper positions on rooftops, with one soldier perched above the Arab Bank aiming into the square. Armored vehicles blocked the central streets, cutting off access. Tensions reamin high as dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers break into the Al-Manara Square in downtown Ramallah, sparking confrontations with residents. Forces went very close to Al-Muqata'a, the headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Café patrons saw armored vehicles outside the Arab Bank, soldiers stationed by entrances, and rifles trained on civilians in the square. **Dozens of Palestinians were injured:** 8 by live bullets. 14 by rubber-coated bullets including a 71-year-old man 5 by shrapnel: One student trapped in a cosmetics store with 12 others (men, women, children) described panic, explosions, and shared scarce food (dates). An elderly woman inside remarked: “May God help the people in Gaza,” linking their suffering to the famine in Gaza. Another 31 Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation, including two pregnant women: Tear gas and stun grenades were fired into local businesses, including a barber shop, a popular coffee shop, the vegetable market, several storefronts,... Witnesses inside shops reported suffocating from gas even after doors and windows were shut. Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian women inside a beauty salon and fired stun grenades at them. Victims included a 12-year-old child hit by live fire. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said he underwent surgery after being wounded in the abdomen. Another injured is a 71-year-old elderly man. A witness saw a young man shot in the leg, bleeding heavily before being carried to an ambulance. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported their ambulances were blocked from reaching at least one injured person. Al Jazeera speaks about 58 Palestinians wounded by Israeli army raid including a child. **Aftermath:** Israeli troops were seen arresting several men, including two elderly ones. **Palestinian authorities statement:** The Palestinian Authority has strongly condemned the Israeli military's raid on Ramallah on August 26, 2025, describing it as a "dangerous escalation" and "acts of aggression" against the Palestinian people. The Presidency held the Israeli government fully responsible for the violence and destruction, urging the United States to intervene and halt these actions in the occupied West Bank. The Presidency emphasized that such attacks aim to force Palestinians from their land and displace them, warning that the situation could lead to a major explosion in the region. The Palestinian leadership reiterated that Palestinians will not leave their land or relinquish their holy sites, calling for international action to end these Israeli practices and prevent further escalation. Local officials, condemned the raid and Leila Ghannam, Ramallah governor, called it “organized state terrorism.”. She tried to stop the Israeli soldiers by standing in their way peacefully. But in vain. **IDF spokesman spin:** The IDF presented the Ramallah raid as a counter-terrorism operation targeting a money exchange business allegedly funneling funds to Hamas, under the broader Operation Iron Wall launched in January 2025. They claimed to have confiscated “hundreds of thousands of shekels” and arrested five suspects, framing the strike as part of a campaign to degrade Palestinian terrorist infrastructure. The IDF emphasized that such operations have led to an 85% reduction in terrorist attacks in 2025 and vowed to continue targeting financial networks and operational capabilities of West Bank militant groups. **Broader Context: ** Ramallah and al-Bireh (twin cities) are officially classified as Area A under the Oslo Accords, meaning they should be under exclusive Palestinian Authority security control. Israeli forces raid more rarely this city than the northern camps in the West Bank after the Second Intifada ended (2006). In December 2023: They launched a large raid, killed a 23-year-old and confiscated $2.8M from money exchanges. In May 2024, they raided the city, fired tear gas fired into the vegetable market, causing a fire that destroyed 80+ businesses.

Around 10:10 am, an Israeli strike targeted the upper floors of the Al-Yasin buildings at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where several journalists were gathered to access internet to perform their work. As rescue teams and journalists arrived at the scene less than 10 minutes later, Israeli artillery struck them. The massacre led to the killing of 6 journalists who were important sources of documentation in Khan Younis, one doctor, one Civil Defense member, in addition to several relatives of patients. Three other journalists were wounded, including Reuters' Hatem Omar, Jamal Badah who lost his right leg and sustained shrapnel throughout his whole body, and Mohammed Fayq who requires medical evacuation for treatment outside Gaza. In addition, at least 7 members of the Civil Defense were injured. **Israeli spin:** Israeli media sources reported that there was a camera on the hospital roof that Hamas used to film IDF troops. After initially deciding to carry out a drone airstrike, the IDF's artillery shelled the hospital twice. In stark contrast, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the massacre was a "tragic mishap". This elicited outrage from the Golani Brigade who demanded an pology for misrepresenting their strongly coordinated assault auhtorized by their chain of command. **Investigation:** Invetsigative journalist Younis Tirawi uncovered that the IDF perpetrated the massacred after being informed by a an Israeli OSINT enthusiast named Rafael Hayun about his suspicion of a camera being installed on the 4th floor of the hospital. The Sayeret Golani unit received the information which was taken by IDF Lt. Col. Bar Veakart to order a tank from the 36th Division to shell the hospital twice. However, the suspicous object was in fact a camera apparently used by Reuters and other media teams for live broadcasts from Khan Younis. Younis found that Reuters had aired live coverage only four days prior from the exact spot. It was simply covered in white to protect the equipment from heat. Investigative journalist Aric Toler from the New York Times also confirmed that not only Reuters but also the Associate Press streamed from the same staircase location. Subseqent investiations published by AP, Sky news, and CNN all corroborated Younis Tirawi's findings. **Foreign medical staff warned:** American nurse Amanda Nasser who was volunteering at the hospital, as well as Dr. Mimy Sayed who previously volunteered multiple times in Gaza's hospitals both confirmed that international volunteers were **pulled out from the hospital by the WHO prior to the Israeli massacre to attend a mandatory training**. Given that the training was about gender-based violence, they deemed the timing to be peculiar noting this is training they would typically receive before their arrival, rather than in the latter half of their mission. Even volunteers whose mission was ending the next day were also pulled out to attend the same training. **Names of the martyrs: 1. Maryam Riyad Muhammad Abu Farhana "Abu Dagga" (journalist) 2. Moaz Abu Taha (journalist) 3. Muhammad Saber Ibrahim Salama (journalist) 4. Hussam Atiya Abdurahman Al-Masri (journalist) 5. Imad Abdulhakim Ali Al-Shaer (firefighter) 6. Muhammad Mansour Jumua Al-Ajili (nurse) 7. Ahmad Muhammad Suleiman Abu Is'haq 8. Hisham Tayseer Ibrahim Quweider 9. Muhammad Mahmoud Ismail Al-Habibi 10. Salahuddin Yusuf Mohsen Barbakh 11. Jum'a Khaled Jum'a Al-Najjar 12. Muhammad Ahmad Salem Abu Haddaf 13. Ahmad Hazem Ahmad Shaheen 14. Ayman Mustafa Hamdan Fseifes 15. Abdullah Ahmad Amer 16. Ahmad Abu Aziz (journalist) 17. Muhammad Jalal Muhammad Abu Anza 18. Tahreer Adel Abu Jamii 19. Yusuf Sameer Abu Latifa 20. Omar Kamal Abu Teim

Around 8:20 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Amr ibn al-Aas school located in the Abu Iskandar area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest Gaza City. Footage from the school indicated that the tents of displaced families were specifically targeted and showed several children and at least one woman among those killed.

Ein al-Hilweh is a small shepherding community in the northern Jordan Valley, east of the occupied West Bank, located near Route 90, below the Israeli settlement of Maskiot, in the Wadi Malha area, close to Tubas. Around 5 families (≈60 people) living mainly from sheep and cattle herding in an isolated environment. Area faces growing Israeli settlement expansion with illegal outposts, privatization of common grazing land, and declaration of “nature reserves” used to expropriate Palestinian land. Settlers erect fences and restrict Palestinian movement, often with backing from military forces. Residents, especially shepherds, experience harassment, threats, property damage, livestock theft, and restricted access to water and grazing land. **According to ACRI (Association for Civil rights in Israel)** "The residential area of the Ein al-Hilweh shepherding community in the northern Jordan Valley consists of five extended families, about 70 residents, who make their living from herding sheep and cattle. A number of years ago, settlers came to the area with the stated goal of expelling the community and taking over its lands and resources. For years Palestinian residents of the area dealt with harassment from the settlers, but since the outbreak of the war there has been a major escalation of settler violence. In some cases, they even act with the overt backing of the military—or those appearing to be military—and law enforcement that turns a blind eye to the violence. The grazing areas are sites of frequent violence, and Palestinians who go to the area are subject to threats, harassment, property damage. They are also often blocked from grazing, which has led to the gradual restriction of their access to grazing areas. Additionally, residents of the outpost settlement constantly (day and night) show up where the Palestinians live to steal sheep and cattle; damage water tanks and solar panels; make noise; drive recklessly on ATVs; and intimidate and threaten the men, women, and children of the community—sometimes while armed. Over the past two months the situation has become unbearable, and the community faces displacement." ### Timeline of the events: **On March 31, 2025:** Human rights organization ACRI (Association for Civil Rights in Israel) issued an appeal to Israeli authorities, warning of escalating settler violence—including harassment, property damage, and threats to livelihoods—targeting the Ein al-Hilweh shepherding community. They demanded protection and dismantling of nearby violent outposts. **On April 14, 2025:** Israeli settlers stormed Ein al-Hilweh after midnight, attempting to steal livestock. The theft was prevented by local residents and activists. **On May 23, 2025:** Settlers erected barbed-wire fences on privately owned Palestinian land in Ein al-Hilweh, cutting off access to grazing lands despite residents holding land deeds (“Tabu”). **On May 30, 2025:** Settlers expanded fencing operations, continuing a steady campaign of land appropriation. Local sources reported that the fencing was carried out near settler encampments, cutting off access to crucial grazing areas relied upon by Palestinian herding communities. **On June 30, 2025:** The UN OCHA reported that six Palestinian households (28 people, including nine children) began dismantling their own homes and livestock structures in Ein al-Hilweh due to repeated settler attacks and intimidation including restricted access to water sources and grazing areas. **On July 3, 2025:** Israeli occupation forces issued stop-work orders against all homes and livestock pens in the Ein al-Hilweh community of the northern Jordan Valley, giving residents until July 16 to comply under threat of demolition. The orders affect about 13 families, whose longstanding structures are now at risk, amid recent settler violence including tent raids, attempted livestock theft, and blocked access to grazing land. **On August 20, 2025:** Settlers placed Israeli flags near the tents and homes of Ein al-Hilweh residents in a provocative display amid ongoing displacement threats. **On Augustus 21, at 7 a.m**., soldiers and a representative of the Civil Administration arrived in Ein al-Hilweh, in the northern Jordan Valley, and used a bulldozer to demolish the entire compound — houses and a barn — belonging to the Kadri Darajma family, as well as the barn of the Fathi Darajma family, who have lived there for about 60 years. The soldiers refused to accept or even look at the demolition delay orders issued by the court, valid until 3 September 2025. **On Augustus 22, during the night**, a reservist jeep driver claimed to an Israeli Activist he didn’t want to harass Palestinians but followed orders, reflecting emotional turmoil after long service in Gaza. Later, the same unit detained an elderly Palestinian man, blindfolded and zip-tied him, then abandoned him at night 21 km from his home. Main sources reporting: Middle East Eye, ACRI, B’Tselem, WAFA, Palestine Chronicle.

**Rashash Bedouins ethnically cleansed for the second time since October 7th** Bedouin Palestinians community Rashash was expelled from its original location in the south Jordan Valley in late 2023. Now they have been expelled again, from their encampment near Duma (Nablus Governorate). The few remaining individuals, as well as Israeli and international human rights advocates are under continued assault from settlers. A 35-year-old Palestinian man, Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, was shot dead by Israeli settlers in an attack in Duma on Augustus 13, 2025. **On Augustus 15,** Illegal Israeli settlers established a new settlement outpost only 400 meters from the Shakara Bedouin community, east of Duma town, south of Nablus city, according to Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights. **On Augustus 17,** Al-Baydar Organization noted that bulldozing work took place in the evening at the new outpost, which was established Friday. Meanwhile, illegal settlers pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones near the settlement of Shavei Shomron on the road linking Jenin and Nablus, causing damage to some cars, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. **On Augustus 22**, since the morning, many settlers have invaded the town and its lands with their ATV. **On Augustus 29,** in the evening, a group of Israeli settlers has attacked a Bedouin gathering in the town of Duma in the occupied West Bank, about 25km (15.5 miles) southeast of Nablus, assaulting one man, smashing his phone and carrying out acts of vandalism, according to the Wafa news agency. **On August 30th**, according to the ONG Herd of Justice, "The settlers come 10-12 times per day, destroy property, attack people", says Adele Shoko, one of the activists. Along with two other activists, Adele was physically assaulted by the settlers on August 30th. Three settlers on an ATV surrounded her, stole her phone, pushed her to the ground and dragged her over the rocks with the ATV for several meters. After the attack, the settlers remained in the area, invading repeatedly every 20 minutes, further damaging the fence and water tanks. When the activists tried evacuating Adele to provide medical assistance, the settlers blocked the activist car with their ATV for half an hour. Occupation police and army were called six times, but refused to arrive on the scene. Later that day, another activist was choked, pushed and scratched by a settler. During the night, the settlers attacked once more, assaulting activists again. Multiple people were injured. **Broader context:** The village of Duma itself is being surrounded by settler outposts, with the goal of launching further terror attacks against the community. Urgent coverage and international intervention is needed.

On August 16, 2025, dozen of settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, attacked the village of Al Mughayyir, Al Bireh, Ramallah, burning vehicles and caravans, and attacking a number of homes. Israeli occupation forces stormed the village and fired live ammunition at Abu Aliya, wounding him in the back, before assaulting him, according to village council head Amin Abu Aliya. He was subsequently taken to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that 18-year-old Hamdan Musa Mohammed Abu Alia succumbed to his wounds. **Palestinian political leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouti statement:** “The Israeli army killed in cold blood tonight the first aid provider Hamdan Abu Alia, 18, in Al-Mughayir village in the Ramallah district — for no reason. Earlier today, the village was attacked by terrorist settlers who burned cars and caravans.”

Al-Mughayyir, Khirbet Abu Falah, Turmuss Ayya and “Marj Si’” plain area in the eastern and northeastern areas of Ramallah have been repeatedly targeted by settler attacks in recent months. These attacks have resulted in the killing of several residents, the injury of others, and widespread destruction, including the burning of homes, facilities, and agricultural lands, along with spraying racist graffiti on walls and various other assaults. **According to Naboth's Vinyards**: Since October 7, that checkpoint has been closed to the village’s residents, preventing them from reaching and cultivating thousands of dunams of agricultural and grazing land east of the village. In the first weeks of the war, shepherd families living in Khirbet Jab’it east of the village, were expelled. Their expulsion enabled settlers from the isolated and extremely violent outpost of “Malachei HaShalom,” together with settlers from the Shiloh area to seize control of the entire area between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Duma, which we have also written about frequently in recent months. About two months ago, settlers in the area escalated their campaign — uprooting olive trees and burning agricultural land east of al-Mughayyir. In addition, an illegal outpost was established above the village’s eastern entrance, which has been closed since October 7. The aim of all these actions is to seize the lands from which Palestinians have been expelled and convert them into settler farmland. Such activity has already been taking place in recent weeks." ### Recent timeline On Augustus 2025, Palestinians resident confronts several major attacks on lands and farmers' properties between Khirbet Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya. **On Augustus 7, 2025:** dozens of armed settlers stormed the western outskirts of the village of Al-Mughayyir, specifically the “Marj Si’” plain area between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. Unarmed residents confronted the assailants. Israeli forces also stormed the village to protect the settlers, leading to clashes. During the confrontation, soldiers fired stun grenades and toxic gas canisters at the residents, though no injuries were reported. **On Augustus 14,** Israeli forces convert a Palestinian building in Military outpost in the village of Turmus Ayya. **On Augustus 15,** during the night, Israeli forces fired flares in the sky over the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah. Settlers had stormed the Marj Si’a plain, specifically cutting down a number of olive trees **On Augustus 16,** Israeli settlers stormed the Marj Si’ah plain, located between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. During this raid, settlers assaulted Palestinian residents and confronted locals after earlier attacks in the same area that resulted in the cutting down of olive trees belonging to Atef Hamayel the previous day. Israeli settlers torched Abdel Rahim Awad’s farm in Turmus Ayya. In the face of Jewish settlers' rampage, residents confront a massive attack on farmers' lands and property between Khirbet Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. Two settlers were injured when residents confronted their attack in the Marj Sa'i area, between the towns of Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. **On Augustus 17,** in the morning, Israeli Settlers deployed on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya town. They continu to attack Palestinian residents’ vehicles, pelting them with stones at the entrance of the town of Turmus Ayya. ### Siege of Al-Mughayyir (Aug. 21–24, 2025): **On Augustus 21,** A settler’s unverified claim of attack was used as pretext for a coordinated settler-army campaign against Al-Mughayyir, resulting in mass raids, a total siege, uprooting of centuries-old olive groves, arrests, property destruction, and the isolation of the entire community. There is an escalation when the ATV of two Israeli settlers from the Gal Yosef farm illegal outpost was accidented near the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir. They pretend that Palestinian opened fire and caused their vehicle to overturn before fleeing when his gun jammed. One shepherd was lightly injured in the head and evacuated to the hospital. A settler claimed he was shot and beaten in the Eastern Plains of Al-Mughayyir (land recently taken from Palestinian owners). This allegation appears to have been used as justification for escalating settler and military action against the Palestinian village. Settlers spread around the village from 8:30 a.m., inciting violence online and circulating threats, including a leaflet with a bulldozer calling to demolish the village. According to B.M., the Israeli friends are calling on social media to "Zarbivy Mughayyir" and organize a pogrom on the village, which has already been suffering unrelenting Zionist terror as it is. They uprooted thousands of olive trees, vandalized Palestinian cars, and continued land destruction during the day. Israeli forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir around 9:00 a.m., enforcing a full closure and curfew. The area, including neighboring villages, was completely encircled as the military claimed to be "searching for the attacker." Over 300 soldiers were deployed during the operation. Troops raided homes, arresting residents and converting several houses into military outposts. Footage emerged of soldiers throwing rocks at Palestinian vehicles. The raids were marked by property destruction, theft, and violent searches. Dozens of men were detained, beaten, and taken into custody. The army announced the siege would continue for at least three days. Palestinian vehicles were confiscated, and villagers were threatened with further demolitions and arrests unless they cooperated. Residents remain trapped under siege conditions, without access to medical care, humanitarian aid, or basic logistical support. Israeli forces prevented movement to and from the village for the duration of the four-day operation, with the exception of a few humanitarian cases who managed to leave on foot as ambulances were prevented from reaching them. One of those cases was a woman in labour, who was walking to reach an ambulance near the western entrance to the village and had tear gas cannisters fired in her direction by Israeli forces stationed there, but she was not injured. Community sources reported that Drones dropped tear gas on homes; tear gas and sound bombs were fired directly BY TROOPS at houses. Israeli forces fired sound cannisters, including inside homes, some of which were searched more than once. During one of the house raids, Israeli forces beat two children, causing fractures and bruises in the upper parts of their bodies, and they were transferred to a medical clinic inside the village for treatment. Israeli forces injuring 11 other Palestinians by tear gas inhalation, including five women and six children, one of them an infant. Throughout the operation, Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians, including a woman, a child, and the head of the village council. Several of those detained were physically assaulted. As of 27 August, four remained in Israeli custody, while the others were released, including the woman and the child. According to UNOCHA report, during the operation, Israeli forces-imposed a near-total closure by blocking the village’s western entrance, where a partial (intermittently staffed) checkpoint is installed, from the direction of Khirbet Abu Falah village. The other main (eastern) entrance to Al Mughayyir, off Road 458 (the ‘Allon Road’), has been closed with a road gate since mid-2023 **During the siege :** Journalists were expelled around 1:20 p.m. onAugustus 21, preventing coverage. Residents were locked in homes; both entrances blocked. 10 people arrested, including five brothers and village council head Amin Abu Alia. Graffiti included Stars of David and initials “MTA” and “MH” (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Maccabi Haifa). The head of the village council, Amin Abu Alia, surrendered after soldiers detained his son: “They linked the siege of the village to my surrender.” The council member Marzouk Abu Naim reported raids, stun grenades, ransacking, and theft of money and gold : “Their excuse is that a settler was attacked. People lost their trees — ancient trees, uprooted far from the Alon Road [where the shooting happened]. Homes were raided and searched. People were shocked by the number of soldiers and the level of hatred. They ransacked dozens of homes, threw stun grenades. They did this to my house while my wife and I were inside. [In other homes,] they even looted money and gold.” Abd al-Latif Abu Alya (55) lost 350 olive trees; vowed to replant despite displacement attempts. Rabeah Abu Naim said soldiers beat his brother and arrested the council head at settlers’ demand. **On Augustus 22**, during the night and the day after, 6 excavators and at least one D9 uprooted all the hundred years old olive trees in the plain near Al-Maghayyir Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya. At least 8,000 m² of olive groves were already destroyed. Ambulances were blocked from reaching the wounded Despite the destruction, residents vowed to remain on their land. Calls were issued to Palestinian institutions, humanitarian organizations, and the international community for urgent intervention and protection. ISM (International Solidarity Movement) urged global media and human rights bodies to denounce the violence and act against what it calls crimes against humanity. The IDF Central Command commander Avi Bluth declared in a video that the IDF is focusing its efforts on the village of Al-Mughayyir, in Binyamin, following the attack that came from there the day before, during which an Israeli shepherd was lightly wounded. According to the commander, the purpose of the operation in the village is to capture the terrorist and to deter the entire village from carrying out attacks: “Every village and every enemy must know that if they carry out an attack against the residents, they will pay a heavy price, they will undergo a curfew, they will undergo encirclement, and they will undergo shaping operations — so that all are deterred.” **“Order on Security Instructions regarding the Adoption of Security Means No. 25/25 (Judea and Samaria, 5785-2025).”:** (see attachment) The Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf or Major. Gen. Avi Bluth (commanders of the IDF Judea and Samaria Division) published a the Military Order (Judea & Samaria, August 2025)No. 25/25 (2025 – 5785) under his legal and security authority. Applies to an area of 296.8 dunams of land (as marked in red on the attached map), covering several parcels in the eastern and western plains, including parts of Abu Hanoun, Al-Nuqra, Shanshal, Abu Khamisa, and Al-Rifda. To adopt security measures in the designated area in order to protect people’s lives and ensure public safety. Measures include installing physical barriers and temporary security structures. Landowners will receive copies of the order and the attached map. The order will also be published at the Coordination and Liaison Office (DCO). The DCO will set and notify the schedule for enforcement. Right of Objection: Any person affected may submit an objection within 7 days of publication to the Legal Advisor for the area through the DCO. Validity: The order entered into force on 21 August 2025 (27 Av 5785) and remains valid according to applicable law. According to +972, Yesh Din and ACRI demanded a criminal investigation of Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs Bluth for alleged war crimes and collective punishment.They cited international law violations and the lack of appeal rights for residents. The IDF spokesperson defended Bluth, calling criticism “inappropriate” and insisting actions were lawful. However, uprooting entire groves deepened suspicions of collective punishment. MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) praised the uprooting: “Finally the IDF is acting as it should.” Elisha Yered, settler activist, openly framed the actions as collective punishment and urged wider use across villages. **On 1st Septemeber 2025 Naboth's Vineyard (Dror Etkes / Kerem Navot) stated that:** "In practice, the work was carried out jointly by the army and local settlers who own heavy machinery. The uprooting operations lasted for several days. Following mapping we conducted on the ground, we can now say that the actual area where the army and settlers uprooted trees stands at about 620 dunams — more than double the area included in the order. In addition, settlers have begun — and continue — to carve an entirely new road, with the aim of seizing thousands of dunams between al-Mughayyir and the extremely violent outposts east of the Shiloh settlement. We assume that along this illegal road, settlers will soon establish yet another outpost, whose purpose will be to further tighten the noose around the village of al-Mughayyir. Work at the site has been ongoing for over a week and a half, leaving no doubt that Apartheid General Bluth and his subordinate, Col. ‘Anan Fares - recently appointed commander of the Binyamin Brigade, under whose responsibility this area falls both were, and remain, fully aware of what is happening on the ground: settlers, under army protection, are uprooting olive trees on hundreds of dunams not covered by the military order." "The area designated for “exposure” is marked in red. It is immediately clear that whoever drew this order on the map did so in full coordination with the settlers themselves: the order does not cover lands that settlers have already seized in recent months. To sum it up: settlers are systematically seizing thousands of dunams of land belonging to al-Mughayyir’s residents through ongoing violent attacks. Instead of protecting Palestinian property and prosecuting the invaders, the army issues an order that clears the way for settlers to take hundreds more dunams of olive orchards. This is the reality that reigns in the West Bank: Israel, through its army, fights, kills, wounds, and subjugates millions of Palestinians in order to preserve it. But for the Apartheid General, Avi Bluth, it all feels natural. It is the reality he grew up in, and the only one he knows." According to Dror Etkes (Kerem Navot): eight outposts now surround Al-Mughayyir, including Adei Ad (legalized 2022, recognized 2025). **On September 5, 2025**, In the village of al-Mughayyir, three residents were arrested: Watan Abdulbasit Abu Alia (22 years old), Mohammed Raiq Abu Naim (19 years old) and Yousri Moussa Abu Alia (38 years old), after house searches. Israeli forces then settled in the western plain of the village, preventing residents from accessing their land, while settlers, protected by the army, proceeded to steal wood.

On August 14, 2025, Israeli settlers launched a violent attack on the Palestinian village of Atara, located north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. The assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at Palestinian homes and vehicles, setting them ablaze and causing significant property damage. Israeli settlers on Thursday reestablished an illegal outpost on a tract of land in the town of Atara. They set up tents at the site of Jabal Khirbat Tarfirn near the town entrance after it was torn down by the occupation forces. On Monday, dozens of settlers leveled the land and transported mobile homes to the site, under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces, to displace the indigenous population and seize their lands for new settler-colonial projects. Covering an area of 2,00 dunams, Jabal Khirbat Tarfim is an archaeological site frequented by illegal settlers as part of a colonial settlement policy aimed at displacing the Palestinian population.

On Augustus 13, Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian resident of the village of Duma in the Nablus governorate. According to testimonies coming from the town, settlers chased a boy, who managed to evade them, reached home and told his family. Several residents went out and got closer to the settlers, who fired at them, knowing full well that they would not be arrested or questioned. This year, an illegal outpost has been established near the entrance to Duma. According to the Kerem Navot organization, recently, a road about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) long has been carved out from the outpost toward the northeast. The group estimates that the road is intended for the establishment of another illegal outpost. According to Haaretz, clashes broke out between Palestinians and settlers who arrived in the village of Duma to prepare the land ahead of the establishment of this illegal outpost. An off-duty IDF soldier fatally shot a 35-year-old Palestinian.The soldier who fired the shots was providing security for the construction, though not as part of an official military mission.. Two Israelis, including an off-duty soldier who shot the Palestinian man, were wounded The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews treated a critically wounded man following the attack. According to the Ministry of Health, this 35-year-old resident, Thameen Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, was succumbed to his wounds Furthermore, the head of the Duma Village Council, Suleiman Dawabsheh, confirmed that Israeli settlers targeted local residents and opened fire at them in the southern part of the village, amid land-leveling activities that have been taking place in the area for days. **The IDF [spin](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjxznx9dex):** "IDF says dozens of assailants threw rocks at an off-duty soldier and a civilian, prompting the soldier to fire warning shots; Palestinian attackers then tried to seize his weapon; The soldier initially fired warning shots into the air, the military said, but after the rock-throwing continued, he fired “to remove the threat,” hitting one of the assailants. The military added that the attackers then attempted to seize the soldier’s weapon. Additional troops were dispatched to the scene, and the incident ended shortly afterward. Both the soldier and the civilian sustained light injuries from the rock-throwing and received medical treatment on site." **According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission:** 10 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers since the beginning of this year, bringing the death toll from colonist gunfire to 30 since October 7, 2023. This is possible because of the constant impunity for the perpetrators in West Bank. There is no law, no justice and no judge. The Jewish supremacists, the settlers, are rioting and murdering every week without any consequences. **Name of the martyr:** Thameen Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, 35.