2026-11-08 10:07 UTC
Israeli forces and settlers attacked Palestinian land and property 1,027 times in October
There were 1,027 attacks by Israeli forces and settlers on Palestinian land and property in October. That is the highest in any month since May 2022, and far above the previous high of 721 in July. The monthly average from July 2025 to September 2026 was 587. During the olive harvest, property was seized or stolen in 296 attacks, against an average of 76. Property was vandalized in 384 attacks and crops destroyed in 166, and settlers tried to set up 28 new outposts.
The commission counts 5,890 trees damaged, uprooted, poisoned or burned in October, 4,498 of them olive trees. More than half, 3,366, were in Hebron governorate.
It also recorded five military orders covering about 230 dunams (57 acres). Two declared 183 dunams of state land at Sa’ir and al-Shuyukh near Hebron and at Battir near Bethlehem. Two ordered trees and plants cleared at Deir Nidham and al-Mughayyir near Ramallah, and one seized land in Jenin for urgent military use.
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