Settler violence continued this week in the occupied West Bank

(23 May 2025)
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Bruqin, West Bank - 23 May 2025
1. Wide of Akram Sabra pointing at the settlers' attack on his house
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Akram Sabra, resident of the village of Bruqin:
"The settlers came to my house around 11:30 in large numbers — about a hundred of them. Suddenly, I saw flames rising from the edge of the house. When I stepped outside, both of our cars were on fire. The fence between my house and my brother's house was burning, and both of my brother’s cars were also set ablaze. A confrontation broke out between us and the settlers using stones. They damaged my house and set my son's home on fire. Thankfully, the young men from the village came to help us.”
3. Close-up of damaged window
4. Tilt up shot from charred furniture outside Sabra's home to damaged window
5. Wide of Sabra's damaged house
6. Various of Bruqin village
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mustafa Khater, resident of the village of Bruqin:
"We’ve been suffering since Wednesday from settler attacks and assaults — verbal abuse, stone throwing, and constant harassment at all times. The situation is extremely tragic. Even last night, they attacked again — it was like a coordinated assault across the entire village, from multiple directions. It felt like a war.”
8. Wide of Mustafa Khater's family home, near the Israeli settlement of Bruchin
9. Various of damaged and burned car outside home following settler attack
10. Skyline of Bruqin village and the Israeli settlement of Bruchin in the background
STORYLINE:
Settler violence continued this week in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians in Bruqin village in the northern West Bank, said Israeli settlers attacked them Thursday afternoon burning cars and damaging houses.

“We’ve been suffering since Wednesday from settler attacks and assaults — verbal abuse, stone throwing, and constant harassment at all times,” said Mustafa Khater, whose house was attacked.

Khater was living close to the settlement, and had previously evacuated his wife and four children for fear of attacks. He stayed behind to protect the house, he said.

The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in the West Bank, with the Israeli military carrying out widespread military operations that have killed hundreds of Palestinians and displaced tens of thousands.

There has been a rise in settler violence as well as Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

AP video by Imad Isseid; Production by Jalal Bwaitel

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