Palestinians Trapped by Settlers for Days as Israeli Army Shows Up, and Then Leaves

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.

The Israeli military failed in an attempt on Wednesday to remove occupied West Bank settlers who for days have blockaded Palestinian homes, an eyewitness and an AFP photographer reported. The siege began on Sunday, when a group of settlers set up a makeshift tent near houses in the Palestinian village o

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.

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 12 - Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Unless Donald Trump presses Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to curb hard-right extremists, the president’s Mideast peace hopes are doomed.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

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.

Israeli settler who took part in brutal assault on Palestinians released from house arrest MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 13:05 During the March attack, six settlers bound Palestinians of all ages with zip-ties, beat them with wooden sticks, and threatened to kill them A Palestinian woman

Israeli settlers attack Haaretz crew, block road to Palestinian family's home  Haaretz

ISRAELI settlements are becoming an “existential threat” to Palestinians, according to a charity worker based in the West Bank.

The officer gave an example of a hike that continued for nearly two hours without the IDF soldiers operating in the area being aware of it.

Ex-Israeli soldier Ori Givati told The Irish News about his switch to humanitarian work after serving in the West Bank

An Israeli settler has been indicted for allegedly killing a West Bank activist who contributed to an Oscar-winning film on the Palestinian struggle.

Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

Israeli settlers attack West Bank Palestinian community, burn homes  Dawn

It was the first such indictment since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023

Yinon Levi faces trial for reckless manslaughter related to the 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen Israeli prosecutors have charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader in the occupied West Bank last year- the ⁠first such indictment in nearly three years. In papers filed by the state attorn

Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank in rare prosecution  CNN

Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court.

Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court.