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Israeli forces and settlers carried out 62,916 attacks against Palestinians, their land and property across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 7, 2023, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Sunday.
Israeli forces were responsible for 48,174 of the attacks and settlers for 14,742, according to the commission. Hebron recorded the highest number, at 10,840, followed by Ramallah and Al-Bireh with 10,594 and Nablus with 10,261.
Deaths, damage and demolitions
Attacks by Israeli settlers killed 66 Palestinians during the period, the report said. It also recorded 1,182 fires targeting Palestinian land and property, and said 147,111 trees were uprooted or damaged, including more than 100,000 olive trees.
Settlers attempted to establish 211 new pastoral outposts, while attacks reached 376 Palestinian villages and communities, according to the commission.
Israeli authorities carried out 1,814 demolition operations affecting 5,059 structures, including 1,894 inhabited homes, the report said.
Land seizures and settlement plans
About 64,200 dunams (15,864 acres) of Palestinian land were seized through military orders and declarations of “state land.” The commission described the pace of confiscation as the highest in three decades.
The report said 415 plans for Israeli settlements involving tens of thousands of housing units were advanced in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israeli authorities also issued 97 tenders for 15,760 additional settlement units, including in the E1 area east of Jerusalem.
The commission said the measures were increasingly accompanied by legislation intended to impose “de facto annexation.” It called for international action to halt settlement expansion and hold those responsible to account.
