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Humanitarian Situation Update #291 | West Bank - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb

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The Humanitarian Situation Updates on the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank are both issued every Wednesday. The Gaza Humanitarian Response Update is issued every other Tuesday. The next Humanitarian Situation Updates will be published on 28 May.

  • Following the shooting and killing of the pregnant Israeli woman on 14 May, Israeli settlers from Bruchin settlement, where she lived, and other surrounding settlements launched multiple attacks against Palestinians in different parts of Salfit governorate, including Haris, Deir Istiya and Bruqin towns and Salfit city. In the industrial area west of Salfit, settlers vandalized 17 Palestinian-owned vehicles, destroying 15 and damaging two. In Deir Istiya, Israeli settlers attempted to break into a home and set it on fire with a Molotov cocktail, which set fire to the house yard and curtains. In Haris, Israeli settlers raided the town and threw stones at a home and damaged one vehicle. In Bruqin, Israel settlers bulldozed over 200 dunums (49 acres) of land surrounding the town and erected a tent at the town’s entrance. According to Bruqin Municipality, the settlers have been constantly present at the entrances of the buildings closest to the newly erected tent and have been harassing and intimidating residents. In one incident, hundreds of settlers gathered and threw stones at Palestinian houses, breaking the windows and doors of at least three houses and setting a Palestinian-owned bulldozer on fire. Fearing for their safety, two families in the area have relocated, but they still have access to their homes.
  • For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and March 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank March 2025 Snapshot.
  • * Asterisks indicate that a figure, sentence, or section has been rectified, added, or retracted after the initial publication of this update.

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