Violent attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are escalating, according to the latest UN update from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Al Jazeera reports.
Two Palestinians were injured, more than 1,400 sheep and goats were stolen or killed, and more than 380 olive and fruit trees were vandalised in 16 Israeli settler attacks carried out between March 4 and 10, according to the update.
In one attack, Israeli settlers, dressed in what appeared to be military uniforms, descended on Palestinian worshippers while they prayed at a mosque in Khirbet Tana, Nablus. In an attack yesterday, Israeli settlers set fire to two homes, leaving two Palestinian families, homeless, Al Jazeera noted.
The UN update also notes that attacks by Israeli settlers on the Ras Ein al Auja Bedouin community have increased sharply since January 2024, documenting a total of 110 incidents.
