JERUSALEM, August 25, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Monday evening attacked a Bedouin community near the Jaba‘ town, east of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem, according to local sources.

They said that armed colonists, accompanied by the occupying forces, barged their way into the Bedouin community of al-Ara‘ra and attacked the community members, injuring at least one and spreading panic among women and children.

They added that the gun-toting soldiers prevented ambulance crews from evacuating the casualty and detained at least a resident.

Meanwhile, colonists broke into a citizen’s dwelling in Khirbet al-Farisiya in the northern Jordan Valley for over five times within 24 hours.

Khirbet al-Farisiya has been the target of frequent colonist attacks aimed at displacing the community towards Tubas.

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.