Israeli settlers set fire to homes and vehicles near Jenin amid reports of widespread violence across the occupied territory.<\/p>\n
Published On 22 Mar 202622 Mar 2026<\/p>\n
Israeli settlers have torched homes and vehicles in at least two areas of the occupied West Bank, wounding at least one person, amid reports of settler violence across the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n
The Palestinian Wafa news agency, citing local sources, said Israeli settlers stormed the village of al-Fandaqumiya and the town of Seilat al-Dahr, south of Jenin, late on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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In al-Fandaqumiya, Israeli settlers set \u201chomes and vehicles ablaze and damaged additional houses by smashing windows\u201d as Palestinians \u201cattempted to confront them and put out the fires\u201d, the agency reported.<\/p>\n
In Seilat al-Dahr, the Israeli settlers targeted several homes, attempted to set them alight and physically assaulted a resident, leaving him wounded.<\/p>\n
Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed large fires burning inside homes in Seilat al-Dahr, and another house engulfed in flames in al-Fandaqumiya as residents frantically tried to extinguish them.<\/p>\n
There was also an attack on Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, where settlers wounded two Palestinians. Three others were arrested as settlers stormed the area under the protection of Israeli forces, Wafa reported.<\/p>\n
The attacks, which took place late on Saturday during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, are the latest in a wave of settler violence in the occupied territory that has previously resulted in killings.<\/p>\n
Other images and videos shared by Palestinian authorities showed settler attacks on the villages of Qaryut and Jalud, south of Nablus. In Jalud, a four-wheel-drive vehicle was seen completely burned out following the attack.<\/p>\n
Violence was reported elsewhere across the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
Near the town of Haris, west of Salfit, settlers gathered on the main road and pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones, according to Wafa. In Ramallah, settlers near Rawabi Square on the Ramallah-Nablus Road threw stones at passing Palestinian-registered vehicles, with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n
Similar incidents were reported in Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Settler violence in the West Bank has intensified<\/a> in the shadow of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on nearby Gaza.<\/p>\n At least 1,094 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war began in October 2023, according to the latest United Nations\u00a0figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n In late February, Israeli settlers defaced and set fire to a mosque near Nablus in the occupied West Bank during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan<\/a>.<\/p>\n In February, the UN Human Rights Council warned in a new report (PDF<\/a>) that Israeli policies in the West Bank \u2013 including \u201cthe systematic unlawful use of force by Israeli security forces\u201d and unlawful demolitions of Palestinian homes \u2013 aim to uproot Palestinian communities.<\/p>\n