Israeli occupation forces and armed settlers have launched a wave of violent raids across the West Bank, killing, injuring, and displacing Palestinians in what rights groups describe as a deliberate campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing.  

Overnight, Israeli forces detained at least 30 Palestinians in Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, Salfit, and Tulkarem, including a journalist, two women, and several former prisoners. Yet arrests are only part of the escalating brutality. Settler attacks, often backed by Israeli soldiers, have surged, leaving devastation in their wake.  

In Susiya, south of Hebron, settlers stormed the village at night, wounding five and torching homes and farmland. Near Nablus, in Khirbet al-Tawil, eight Palestinians, including a child, were injured in another settler assault. East of Ramallah, in Al-Mughayir, six Palestinians were shot dead as settlers and soldiers raided the village, burning property and forcing families to flee.  

The killing of Odeh Hathaleen, a prominent activist from Umm al-Khair featured in an Oscar-winning documentary, has drawn international condemnation. His killer, settler Yinon Levy, was released without charge. Further north, in Sinjil, Palestinian-American Seifullah Maslat was beaten to death by settlers in an attack that also claimed another life.  

According to the UN, settler violence has risen by 30% this year compared to 2024, with rights groups accusing Israel of systematic complicity. "These are not random attacks, they are coordinated, state-backed efforts to drive Palestinians from their land," said one rights monitor.  

With over 18,500 Palestinians detained since late 2023 and settler raids spreading unchecked, fears are mounting of a humanitarian catastrophe mirroring Gaza’s horrors. Palestinian officials urge global intervention to stop what they call Israel’s "undeclared war" on the West Bank.