Al-jaba': Israeli colonists on Monday evening torched several homes and vehicles in Al-Jaba' village, southwest of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, in the latest attack amid a wave of escalating violence against Palestinians, according to a local official. Head of Al-Jaba' Council, Dhyab Masha'la, reported that colonists set fire to three inhabited homes, three vehicles, and a shack in the village, resulting in extensive material damage. He noted that villagers managed to extinguish the fire, and fortunately, no one was injured.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, earlier in the evening, colonists set fire to a home and two vehicles and physically assaulted several civilians in Sa'ir town, northeast of Hebron. The ongoing violence is part of a broader pattern of attacks against Palestinian civilians in the region. Statistics from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission indicate that in October 2025, there were 2,350 attacks against Palestinian civilians; 1,584 of these were carried out by occupation forces, while 766 were perpetrated by colonists.
Geographically-disaggregated data reveal that the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate was the most affected, experiencing 542 attacks. Nablus governorate followed with 412 attacks, and Hebron governorate witnessed 401 attacks. These attacks included direct physical assault, tree uprooting, torching fields, denying farmers access to their olive groves, property takeover, and demolition of homes and agricultural structures.
Colonists' violence against Palestinians and their property is a routine occurrence in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Such violence encompasses property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among other acts. Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists reside in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, despite this being in violation of international law.
