Israel Murders 3 Palestinians in Continued Escalations in the West Bank
Featured image: Israeli settlers and soldiers attacking Palestinians in West Bank. Source: Al-Haq.
On the 21st of April, an Israeli convoy ran over and murdered a child near Beit Einun, North of Hebron, in the West Bank. Reportedly, the convoy was linked to Israeli officials heading towards Jerusalem, including the genocidal minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
In another attack, two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were murdered after Israeli soldiers and settlers opened fire at a crowd gathered outside of a village school in the West Bank. According to reports the soldiers and the settlers had surrounded the crowd and was firing on them from two directions.
With these murders, Israel has so far murdered at least 33 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of 2026, and injured a further 385, according to the United Nations (UN).
On top of the continuous murders carried out by the State of Israel, a series of other oppressive measures are carried out in their campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. One such measure is the continued demolition of homes.
Demolitions in Al-Sir in the Naqab have been continuous since December, when local reports indicated that around 320 of 350 homes had been destroyed, leaving most of the village displaced and forced to live in tents. Since then demolitions have been intermittent, with dozens of homes being destroyed some months. This Sunday the demolition operations started again, with bulldozers escorted by police and special units invading the village, demolishing dozens of homes.
Another measure taken in the campaign of ethnic cleansing is the widespread and systematic theft of livestock. In 2025, 12,000 heads of livestock was stolen by settlers, according to the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights. These operations follow a consistent pattern, where armed settlers storm grazing lands or residential areas, seize livestock by force, and withdraw without accountability. Since the start of 2026, 1,500 heads of livestock have been stolen by settlers.
