On February 27, 2026, Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks Friday on villages south of Nablus, targeting property and clashing with residents and foreign activists, according to local officials and medical sources. The assaults were concentrated in the villages of Jalud and Qusra, where settlers allegedly set fire to buildings and threw stones at homes in the outskirts of the village and set fire to a storage facility and a vehicle belonging to resident Imad Hammoud. The blaze caused damage before residents were able to bring it under control. Settlers also hurled stones at several homes, shattering windows and causing property damage. Just before this pogrom, the settlers passed through Qusra, were they assaulted two foreign activists. They were injured in the Ras Al-Ain area of the village, local sources said. Previously on February 25, 2026, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents in the Wadi area in Jalud, prompting several young men to confront them and leading to confrontations. One vehicles were damaged by rocks.

On February 27, 2026 **Northern Gaza:** Hossam Abu Khousa, 43, was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Atatra area of Beit Lahia. **Central Gaza:** At dawn, five Palestinians were killed and several more were wounded in Israeli shelling in central and southern Gaza. **Southern Gaza:** An Israeli military drone targeted a tent inside a school sheltering displaced persons in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex, killing one and injuring several others. The Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the arrival of one fatality and three injured individuals following an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced civilians near the hospital, west of the city.

**Gaza City:** At approximately 1:00 p.m. today in Gaza, Israel carried out a terrorist strike, killing two Palestinians in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City: Mohammad Fares Abu Jabal and Ali Fadel al-Burdini. **Southern Gaza:** The martyr Hassan Abdulrahman Al-Lahham (45 years old) arrived at Nasser Medical Complex from the Qizan Rashwan area, after being shot by fire from a ‘quadcopter’ drone south of the city of Khan Younis. A fourth Palestinian, Ahmad Yahia Rasras, died today from wounds sustained earlier. Additionally, the body of a woman was recovered in Khan Younis. Her identity has not yet been confirmed. **Martys names:** 1. Mohammad Fares Abu Jabal 2. Ali Fadel al-Burdini 3. Hasan Abdel-Rahman al-Laham

On February 24, 2026, during the night, dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian hamlet of Susiya in the southern West Bank, in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills carried out a pogrom. The attack happened around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to timestamps from two security cameras in the village of Susiya in the southern West Bank. They attacked homes and cars with stones, and set fire to three tents, a pre-fab, chicken coops and cars at several spots throughout the village. Footage showed roughly two dozen settlers dressed in black entering the hamlet. Some poured what appeared to be flammable liquid from white bottles onto a truck before setting it on fire, while others threw rocks at homes, vehicles, and cameras, smashing a windshield. Another camera angle showed settlers beating a car with clubs and one person attempting to kick in the door of a caravan. Footage also shows a group of settlers trying to damage cameras to prevent documentation of the attack. None of the assailants were detained. 4 houses and 2 vehicles were set on fire. Settlers used rocks, clubs, and flammable liquid to burn vehicles and damage property, according to security footage. Residents said about 30 settlers were involved; no arrests were immediately reported, though Israeli authorities said an investigation was opened. The house of the citizen Ahmed Jabr Nawajaa was burnt, and a private vehicle owned by the citizen: Khader Nawajaa, which led to 4 citizens suffering from suffocation, and they were treated in the field. A resident, Fatima Al-Nawaja, said her family’s truck and a caravan were burned while they hid inside their home watching events unfold on the security feed. By morning, the truck was completely destroyed. Israeli authorities said soldiers and police were sent after reports of fire and that an investigation was opened, but they did not confirm arrests. Palestinian residents said they believe the attacks are meant to pressure them to leave the area, though they insist they will rebuild and stay despite fear among children and families. The area has a history of settler violence and was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land; a previous attack there injured one of the film’s directors, Hamdan Ballal. About 300 people live in the village, half of them minors. They are subjected to daily violence by settlers and the military, with the backing of all Israeli state authorities. A delegation of European diplomats visited the village the next day. **Testimony of kivsa shchora from the Masafering account**: Shortly after the end of the iftar meal, dozens of settlers stormed the village and carried out coordinated arson attacks at four locations. A residential tent, a house’s entrance gate, a chicken coop (in which all but one of the chickens were burned alive) a truck, and a car were set on fire, and the windows of another vehicle were smashed. Many residents suffered from smoke inhalation. According to testimonies from residents, the settlers who took part in the attack returned directly afterward to the Ancient Susya outpost. The village of Susya is subjected almost daily to attacks and harassment by the State of Israel. When settlers invade the village and assault its residents, they do so as part of a broader strategy aimed at expelling the community by military and police abuse, government support and legal apartheid. When an entire society participates in and supports the genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, it is no surprise that children growing up in Israel are educated to burn the homes of members of that same people in the West Bank. **Statement of he European Union Delegation to the Palestinians: ** *"We are appalled by the violent settler attack last night on the village of Susya, Masafer Yatta. The attack is one too many in a long series of attacks over the past year, including a recent raid on the Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal’s home and family. This highlights the alarming pressure on Palestinian communities and human rights defenders. It also exemplifies the expanding problem of settler violence across the West Bank, where Palestinians are forced to leave their homes and perpetrators are not held accountable. It is high time for justice and we call on Israeli authorities to act in accordance with their responsibilities as the occupying power."* EU diplomat Alexander Stutzman condemned the incident after visiting the site, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has characterized settler violence as the work of a small extremist minority even as his government expands settlements.

On Saturday, February 21, Israeli forces carried out multiple attacks on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. In the afternoon, following an assault by settlers on the neighborhood, soldiers fired at a vehicle, breaking its windows, and injured a 14-year-old boy with live ammunition while he tried to confront the attackers. Later that evening, during a military incursion into Beit Furik, 17-year-old Mohamad Wahbi Abdul Aziz Hanani was critically injured after being shot in the head and later died. Another boy, 16 years old, was shot in the foot. According to Amjad Ahmad, director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s ambulance and emergency center in Nablus, both victims were transported to Rafidia Governmental Hospital. Reports indicate that Israeli forces reinvaded Beit Furik after midnight with multiple military vehicles, firing tear gas, concussion grenades, and flares, while earlier in the day soldiers had opened fire on a citizen’s vehicle and assaulted its driver. **Statement of Directorate of Education in Nablus:** We mourn the student martyr Muhammad Wahbi Abdul Aziz Hanani, a twelfth-grade student at the boys’ secondary school in Beit Furik, who fell today. **According to Defence for Children - Palestine:** Mohammad Wahbi Abdulaziz Hanani, 17, had just finished evening prayers in the Zalmout Mosque in the Palestinian town of Beit Furik around 8:20 p.m. on February 21 when Israeli forces in heavily armored military vehicles arrived in the area, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. Mohammad and other young Palestinians allegedly threw stones toward the military vehicles for about two minutes before Israeli forces opened fire, striking Mohammad in the head from a distance of about 40 meters (131 feet). Soldiers rushed toward Mohammad, who had collapsed on the ground, and searched the area before an Israeli military ambulance arrived and its military paramedics began to administer first aid. A few minutes later, a Palestinian ambulance arrived at the scene, and Israeli soldiers obstructed the paramedics’ access to Mohammad. After several minutes of discussion, the Israeli soldiers allowed the Palestinian paramedics to provide first aid under their supervision. At 8:30 p.m., the Palestinian ambulance transported Mohammad to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. On the way, it encountered a closed military checkpoint, delaying the trip by several minutes. Mohammad’s heart stopped in the ambulance and paramedics conducted cardiopulmonary resuscitation until they reached the hospital at 8:44 p.m. Doctors took Mohammad to the operating room where surgery was performed to clean the wound and stop the bleeding. Afterward, he was transferred to the intensive care unit, where he remained until he was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on February 22.

Qusra is a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, located south of the city of Nablus in the Nablus Governorate. It lies in Area C under full Israeli control according to the Oslo Accords and is near Israeli settlements and outposts to the south and southeast The area has faced frequent settler violence and land confiscation due to the proximity of illegal Israeli outposts such as Esh Kodesh and Ahiya. On February 27, 2026, a group of settler militias brutally attacked Israeli activists in the village of Qusra in the Nablus District, West Bank. Two were injured by sticks and hospitalized in moderate condition. The settlers assaulted foreign activists who were present to support and protect local Palestinian residents in the Ras al-Ayn area, wounding two. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) sources confirmed that its crews provided first aid treatment to a 71-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man whom were injured by colonists before rushing them to a hospital. **According to a [B'tselem statement,](https://x.com/btselem/status/2027388372038119613)** these pogroms are "carried out with full backing, participation, and assistance from state authorities, as part of a strategy of Israel’s apartheid regime seeking to advance and complete the takeover of Palestinian land. In a video documenting the beginning of the attack, filmed by one of the activists, the assailants can be seen arriving in a Polaris Ranger all terrain vehicle, which was most likely provided to them by the Israeli government. Dozens of such vehicles have been distributed over the past two years by the Ministry of Settlement to outposts across the West Bank, and settlers regularly use them as vehicles that enable rapid access to carry out violent attacks almost anywhere."

On February 19, 2026, three Palestinians were shot by Israeli forces on Wednesday night in the town of Arraba, south of Jenin, when Israeli troops raided the town, amid the firing of live ammunition, shooting and injuring three people, including one critically. Several youths were also detained in the town square. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its teams provided first aid to the three gunshot victims and transported them to a hospital. Meanwhile, Israeli forces conducted a foot patrol at the Cinema Roundabout in Jenin city, with no reported detentions, and also raided a house in the town of Qabatiya.

On February 18, Israeli forces raid Qalandiya refugee camp. They stormed the entrance of Qalandiya refugee camp with several military vehicles, firing sound bombs and tear gas, leading to clashes and injuries among young Palestinians. Three young Palestinians were reported injured — two by beating and one from tear gas inhalation — as a result of the ongoing raid. A fire also broke out on a rooftop due to the heavy use of tear gas grenades near the camp entrance. **Broader context:** Qalandia camp is subjected to almost daily incursions by the Israeli forces, including confrontations and intense firing of gas and sound bombs, which exacerbates the suffering of residents and disrupts movement in the vicinity of the camp and neighboring areas. They raised the alert level in “hotspots in the city of Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and on the contact line, in preparation for the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, which the occupation expects to be a tense month.

On 18 February 2026, Israeli settlers attacked a Bedouin community on the outskirts of Rammun, near Ramallah. The incident began when a settler brought livestock close to Palestinian homes, allegedly attempting to force animals into Palestinian pens — a tactic residents say is sometimes used to create a pretext for confrontation or theft. Additional settlers, some masked and carrying clubs, arrived and assaulted residents, leading to clashes and stone-throwing. The nearby Isreli soldiers did not stop the settlers and instead used "crowd-control measures" against Palestinians. Three Palestinians were lightly injured. Afterward, Palestinians said settlers stole property from the area. ## Timeline **18 February 2026** Morning / Early day : A settler entered grazing areas near the Bedouin community outside Rammun with his flock. Residents attempted to prevent the animals from entering their sheep pens. Midday : Additional settlers arrived, some masked and armed with clubs. Physical assaults on residents began; clashes escalated into mutual stone-throwing. Shortly after, Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene. They stood by the settlers for an extended period, while some of the settlers, armed with clubs, managed to approach homes without being stopped by the army. Stun grenades AKA "Crowd-control weapons" were even used against Palestinian residents.Settlers approached homes and stole property: dozens of sheep, cash, and jewelry, Later in he day: A temporary military order was reportedly imposed to restrict Israeli civilian movement in the area after the clashes. **Casulaties:** Three Palestinians were reported lightly injured (WAFA). The residents testify three days later that settlers injured five inhabitants. ### Testimony of Mistaclim: *"Wadi a-Siq community. Second expulsion in two years. That's how it really works: The settlers arrive in the community, roam around, harass, riot, invade, set houses on fire and increase physical pressure to an extreme. The army, for its part, supports or participates and the police yawn at best, ignore or arrest the attacked.... And so children, women and men move from one places to another with their homes on their backs. While the Israelis, the militia in the field attack them with clubs, tear gas and stones. This is not a handful, this is an institutional system funded and supported by the Israeli government in the name of all the Israeli citizens"* *"Yesterday, a gang of settlers raided the displaced people of the Wadi a-Siq community. The community, which had experienced violence and threats even before the war, was displaced under pressure from violent settlers in early October 2023 and found temporary shelter near Rammun. Yesterday, settlers attacked the compound located in Area C, on authorized private Palestinian land. The residents managed to get the children and women out, but four Palestinian men were severely beaten with rifle butts. Two of them were hospitalized. The settlers robbed a herd of goats and kids, about 45 head, a lot of money and three electrical cabinets. The army arrived, shot at the Palestinians and arrested one of them. Occupation."* **20 February 2026:** On Friday evening, Israeli settlers torched Palestinians’ property in the same Bedouin community. They set eight mobile homes in the community on fire, burning them completely and displacing three families. He pointed out that there was an upsurge in colonist attacks on the community in the last month. The most recent of this series of attacks occurred just two days ago, when colonists

On February 18, 2026, Israeli forces launched a major raid in Hebron’s Jabal Jales neighborhood, detaining dozens of Palestinians and converting a residential building into a military outpost, detaining dozens of Palestinians, searching homes, and seizing a residential building to use as a military outpost. Soldiers physically assaulted residents, including women, and prevented them from breaking their fast at sunset-a key ritual during Ramadan when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until dusk. The Israel Defense Forces said the operation followed reports of gunfire, while Palestinian sources alleged assaults on residents and disruptions to the sunset iftar meal. Reports from WAFA, Middle East Eye, and IMEMC indicated 20–37 detentions, including women, with some detainees reportedly beaten or denied food. Le Day after the mass abduction of local Palestinians, on February 19, Israeli settlers families —under military protection— invaded five additional houses in Jabal Jalles. This is the largest wave of invasions in Hebron since the 1980s. Full cooperation between Israel's terrorist settlers and terrorist army. Tensions spread to nearby Beit Ula, where a Palestinian was shot and injured. The raid reflects escalating violence in Hebron, a long-standing flashpoint divided under the Hebron Protocol and located near settlements such as Kiryat Arba. Human rights observers warn that operations during Ramadan and interference with religious practices risk further inflaming tensions amid a broader surge in West Bank violence since 2023.