West Bank attacks add to mounting toll of violent Israeli settler pogroms

The number of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank has skyrocketed since the start of the war on Gaza.

In the latest incident, an attack by armed Israeli settlers on Ramallah lasted several hours. Seif el-Din Muslat, a Palestinian American in his early twenties who was killed, was surrounded by settlers and attacked for three hours.

Paramedics were not allowed to help him. He died almost as soon as the paramedics were finally allowed to reach him.

Another Palestinian, Mohammed Shalabi, was chased, beaten and eventually shot. His body was found hours later.

At least 350 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli settlers since January 2025. The settlers are accompanied by Israeli soldiers, who detain Palestinians trying to defend themselves or their homes from the attacks, and that is why human rights organisations say settler violence is state violence.

The number of attacks in 2024 was six times that of the year before, and, in 2025, we are already at more attacks registered than in the previous year.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.

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