Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day

Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day Fayha Shalash on Fri, 08/14/2026 - 12:10 Settlers surround three homes in Qusra as Israeli forces deploy hundreds of troops, evict Palestinian families and seize homes Israeli settlers gather in front of Pal

Extremist settlers have been encircling homes in the West Bank town of Kusra for almost a week.

Settlers have been besieging homes in Qusra ​for almost a week, intensifying ‌pressure on Palestinians.

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

The U.S. wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.

Israeli soldiers prevent aid delivery to besieged Palestinians

Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said, after settlers trapped Palestinian families this week in a siege Palestinians say is aimed at forcing them from their land. Qusra mayor Abed Al Athem Wadi said that six homes in the village had been

US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say  Reuters

By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Jewish settlers set up a tent outside a Palestinian home in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Friday before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down, footage showed, as settlers pressed a siege which Palestinians say aims to drive

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 14 - Jewish settlers set up a tent outside a Palestinian home in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Friday before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down, footage showed, as settlers pressed a siege which Palestinians say aims to drive them from their land.

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

The U.S. condemned the siege of Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, where they cut off water, electricity and essential supplies to residents. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the settlers' actions an "act of terror," adding to American pressure that has prompted Israeli forces to inte

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled.

A group of Palestinian families has been besieged by masked, stone-throwing Israeli settlers in the Occupied West Bank, in what the US ambassador has condemned as a “horrific act of terror” in a rare rebuke.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.S. requested Israeli security forces remove “Israeli terrorists” from besieging a Palestinian village and the home of a Palestinian American, condemning the actions as criminal and an act of terror.  Huckabee’s statement marks an unusually strong response from the Trum

Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke  AP News

About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were toldto leave their properties during an Israeli military operation to remove Israeli settlers.

US ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as ‘terrorists’.

Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American, for several days

The mayor of Qusra says Israeli troops have been telling families to leave their houses, using some as barracks.

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.

IDF Evicts Palestinian Families as Settlers Resist Army Operation to End Siege  Haaretz

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

Residents said they were left without food and medicine, while the military condemned the settlers’ actions.

Israeli settlers continue their violent campaign of intimidation, displacement and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. On 9 August, colonisers from the nearby Susya settlement attacked residents of Wadi Rakhim village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli settlers devastate family-of-t

A Palestinian family remains trapped in its West Bank home as activists say Israeli settlers and soldiers are blocking food and medical aid.