Israeli settlers paralyse Palestinian nurse in West Bank shooting

Israeli settlers paralyse Palestinian nurse in West Bank shooting  Fayha Shalash on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 12:42 Muhammad Mutoor suffers a spinal cord injury in an attack near Hebron as settler violence escalates across the occupied Palestinian territory Armed Israeli settlers stand next to so

The UN delivered aid to Qusra in the West Bank after Israeli settlers cut off several Palestinian families from food, water and electricity. Residents say they have faced months of harassment and attacks, while rights groups accuse settlers of trying to force Palestinians from the area. Critics warn that Israel’s plan

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi is flying from the US to Qusra, where Israeli settlers have encircled his family’s home.

IDF declines to enforce order barring settlers from besieged Palestinian land  Haaretz

Settler violence is latest threat to Israeli-US alliance  The Times

Israeli settler boys filmed harassing Palestinian family in West Bank village: rights advocate  Arab News

Ten Palestinians were wounded in Hebron on Sunday, following a string of settler assaults across the occupied West Bank that left a nurse permanently paralysed.

Qusra, West Bank —  Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born …

According to Army Radio, the arrests come at the request of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), to which the IDF has responded that it is "unable" to arrest all of the wanted suspects.

Israeli settler violence has surged in 2026, leaving Palestinian communities terrified. Alex Croft reports on the burning of an entire village and how such attacks are becoming frighteningly normal

Militant Israeli settlers occupy some West Bank homes, Palestinians say  Reuters

I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.

The spring served as a lifeline for the nearby village of Fasayil in the fertile Jordan Valley, where Palestinians have relied on it for generations for food, employment and to supplement irregular Israeli supplies to their domestic taps.

The standoff in Qusra between Palestinian families and Israeli settlers who apparently want to push them out entered a new stage Friday as activists supporting the Palestinians marched toward the besieged homes to replenish their dwindling food and water supply.

Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff

Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers.

When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.

From inside his home in the West Bank town of Qusra, Qusai Abu Rida watched on Friday as Israeli settlers moved from where they had erected a tent in front of his house to the valley below, rather than returning to the nearby outpost where they live.

Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days.

Palestinian Amin Rahal and his three brothers haven't gone to work in weeks, instead taking turns guarding what remains of their land atop a West Bank hill from incursions by nearby settlers. "We never leave the place unless we have two people here," says Rahal, a 31-year-old father of three, pointing to the roof of a

Rogue Israeli settlers at Qusra near Nablus began blockading Palestinian homes on Aug 9.

Home of a Palestinian-American was among those under siege, U.S. officials say

Settler violence in the West Bank prompted U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee to call the perpetrators 'Israeli terrorists' after they besieged a Palestinian American's home near Nablus.

Failing to drive out a handful of so-called 'hilltop youth,' Israel's military turned instead against their Palestinian victims. The government fears that the radical settlers will draw criticism from Washington over more ambitious settlement plans.

Failing to drive out a handful of so-called 'hilltop youth,' Israel's military turned instead against their Palestinian victims. The government fears that the radical settlers will draw criticism from Washington over more ambitious settlement plans.

The U.S. ambassador, appointed by Trump last year and a fierce defender of Israel, called it a “horrific act of terror.”

Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian homes  CNN

Israeli troops have taken up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, the mayor said, after settlers trapped families in their houses.

Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American, in what the U.S. ambassador called a ''horrific act of terror'' on Thursday.

In the occupied West Bank, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, appealed on Thursday to Israeli authorities to help Palestinian families trapped in their homes by settlers for days, amid an intensifying campaign to seize their land.

Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' US ambassador says  AP News

Israeli settlers have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday