RAMALLAH, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) — Israeli occupation forces and colonists carried out a total of 2,215 attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank in September, continuing a systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian communities, land, and property, the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission reported Friday.
Minister Muayyad Shaaban, head of the Commission, said in the monthly report on “Israeli violations and settlement expansion” that Israeli forces were responsible for 1,725 attacks, while colonists carried out 490 attacks. The majority of incidents were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron (463), Ramallah (417), and Nablus (309).
The attacks included armed assaults on villages, imposition of facts on the ground, extrajudicial killings, land razing, tree uprooting, property theft, and roadblocks that sever Palestinian geographic continuity. Gunfire by colonists in Ramallah resulted in the killing of two Palestinians: Muin Alawi from Deir Jarir and Saeed Al-Nassan from Al-Mughayir, bringing the total killed by colonists this year to 12.
Colonists carried out 329 acts of property theft and vandalism, affecting large areas of Palestinian land, and uprooted, destroyed, or poisoned 431 trees, including 261 olive trees. The destruction was concentrated in Nablus (200 trees), Jenin (106), Salfit (50), Hebron (30), Bethlehem (30), and Qalqilya (15).
Meantime, colonists attempted to establish 11 new outposts in September, mostly agricultural or pastoral, including five in Hebron, two in Salfit, two in Nablus, and one each in Tubas and Qalqilya.
Also in September, Israeli authorities carried out 67 demolitions targeting 94 structures, including 45 inhabited homes, one uninhabited home, 14 agricultural structures, and 18 livelihood facilities.
Demolitions were concentrated in Hebron (35), Jerusalem (15), and Bethlehem (8). Occupation authorities also issued 35 demolition notices, including 12 in Hebron, nine in Jerusalem, six in Bethlehem, four in Qalqilya, two in Ramallah, and one each in Salfit and Nablus, continuing the policy of restricting Palestinian construction and growth in villages and towns.
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