Palestinians told to leave homes in village where Israeli settlers besieged houses

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

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.

NewsFeedIsraeli settlers have besieged Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank, cutting off their water and electricity. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim spoke to a resident whose family members are surrounded in a house in Qusra village.Published On 13 Aug 2026

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Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers  Reuters

By Ali Sawafta QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege began at the weekend whe

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land.

Opinion | Otherwise Occupied • Israeli Jews are supporting the destruction of Palestinian healthcare  Haaretz

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

The episode casts 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 have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.

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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