DayofPal—The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported on Monday that Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,637 attacks across the West Bank during April.
According to the report, 1,097 of the assaults were attributed to Israeli forces, while 540 were carried out by settlers. The violations included property destruction, land seizures, and the uprooting of thousands of trees.
Commission head Muayyad Shaaban stated that the attacks were concentrated in several governorates, including Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Ramallah.
He noted that settlers carried out 124 acts of property vandalism and 20 incidents involving the seizure and theft of Palestinian property.
Additionally, around 4,414 olive trees were uprooted, damaged, or poisoned in multiple areas.
The report also stated that Israeli authorities seized 42 dunams of Palestinian land through military orders and issued further directives to remove trees from large areas under the pretext of security concerns.
In addition, authorities approved the establishment of 34 new settlement sites and reviewed 10 settlement expansion plans during the same period, which Shaaban described as part of a “systematic escalation aimed at imposing new realities on the ground.”
The commission added that Israeli forces carried out 37 demolition operations affecting 78 structures, including inhabited homes and agricultural facilities, while issuing 21 new demolition notices.
Shaaban warned that these actions reflect a broader policy designed to create a coercive environment that forces Palestinians to leave their land.
He called on the international community to take legal and moral responsibility by intervening to halt the violations and provide protection for Palestinians.
Tensions in the West Bank have intensified since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023, with increased incidents of killings, arrests, demolitions, and settlement expansion.
According to official Palestinian data, at least 1,155 Palestinians have been killed, around 11,750 injured, and nearly 22,000 arrested during this period.
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