Israeli settlers are increasing in the West Bank, chasing water | Israel-Palestine War News

The attacks mark a sharp increase in attacks on Palestinians and their homes and lives in recent weeks.

Israeli settlers have attacked several areas of the occupied West Bank, looting or destroying Palestinian homes and destroying essential facilities such as water fountains, power lines, and warehouses, while intensifying their attacks and occupation of land. in recent weeks.

Israeli settlers destroyed a main power line supplying the al-Maniya village southeast of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported on Friday, citing Palestinian security officials.

The people are said to have damaged the power line and cut off electricity to the people, which caused fear and panic among the people. This was the second incident in this village this week.

A few hours later, Israeli settlers destroyed greenhouses near the military base of Shufa in the southeast of Tulkarem, local witnesses told Wafa, adding that the settlers tore the nets that protect the green areas, and destroyed the agricultural land owned by a family in the village of Shufa.

Also on Friday, Wafa reported that Israeli settlers seized the Ein Rawabi spring in northeast Jerusalem after vandalizing the site in a new campaign targeting an important water source relied on by the Bedouin community.

The Jerusalem government said in its statement that the spring is the only water for local shepherds and their 1,300 livestock. The seizure directly threatens the lives of many Bedouin families, the governor warned.

Meanwhile, Israeli settlers seized Mohammad Salameh’s property in the West Bank village of Jalud while he was building a house for his son’s new girlfriend, Reuters reported on Friday.

Salameh said that requests to Israeli authorities have not helped. He has lost his home and fears the same will follow his Palestinian neighbours, as they become more and more numerous. surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements and exports.

“If there is law and order, then (Israeli settlers) will leave,” Salameh told Reuters. “But if they succeed in taking one, the rest will follow.”

Wafa said that violence by Israeli settlers has increased in recent weeks, including attacks on homes and attempts to run over Palestinians with cars.

The attack reflects the growing threat of Israeli settlers to Palestinian villages, which is having a major impact on their lives.

There are about 500,000 Israelis among the approximately 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank. For years Palestinians have reported on the destruction, destruction of land, and the threats associated with it to expand the living space.

A United Nations study last month said that attacks on Israeli settlers in Palestinian villages and agricultural areas will increase by 130 percent from 2023.