On 18 November 2025, an Israeli airstrike hit the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, on the outskirts of Saida, at around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday night, in southern Lebanon. The strike hit near a parking lot by the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque, in a densely populated part of the camp. The drone fired on a vehicle surrounded by pedestrians, many of whom were returning from evening prayers. A football/sports field where young people were gathered were alos targeted: "an open sports field frequented by young people from the camp, known to all residents, and that those targeted were a group of boys who were on the field at the time of the strike." According to the state news agency NNA, three missiles were fired into the center. Eyewitnesses described a horrific scene: people “just playing … suddenly the sound was terrifying, everyone fell. There were no weapons.” Local sources reported that emergency services worked under very difficult conditions, evacuating the wounded into hospitals in Sidon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 13 Palestinian refugees were killed and dozens more wounded. The victims were all registered Palestinian refugees, descendants of families displaced during the Nakba in 1948. On November 19, search and rescue operations have ended at the site stuck by Israel: the death toll stands at 14. Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee said it struck members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas who were operating in a training compound in the refugee camp: “When we say we will not tolerate any threat on our northern border, this means all terrorist groups operating in the region,”. “We will continue to act forcefully against Hamas’s attempts to establish a foothold in Lebanon and eliminate its elements that threaten our security.” Hamas strongly rejects the claim, stating the strike hit a civilian “sports field” / indoor football field, not a military site. **Reactions:** Hamas condemned it as a “brutal assault on our unarmed Palestinian people.” The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called it a “brutal Zionist aggression” and challenged claims of military justification. **Ceasefire violation:** Hamas and some local commentators see this as a violation or escalation. The strike is one of Israel's deadliest since the so-called ceasefire deal went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024. **Why Ain al-Hilweh Is Significant?** Ain al-Hilweh is the biggest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, with a very dense population, home to over 70,000 Palestinian refugees, and has long suffered from overcrowding, poverty, and limited access to Lebanese state services. The camp is not fully controlled by the Lebanese state; various Palestinian factions (including Hamas, Fatah, Islamist groups) have influence. In 2023, there were major clashes in the camp between Islamist groups and Fatah, resulting in dozens of deaths. There have also been past Israeli strikes. For example, in October 2024, an Israeli strike reportedly killed six Lebanese (some children) in Ain al-Hilweh.

On November 18, 2025, Al Jazeera photographer Fadi Yassin was injured in his legs, after Israeli occupation soldiers shot him while he was performing his work near Nour Shams camp in Tulkarm Northern West Bank Occupied. According to the testimony of his colleague, Al Jazeera correspondent Laith Jaar, they covered a protest organized by displaced citizens to demand the return to their homes in the camp, while an Israeli sniper opened fire directly on the demonstrators, wounding photographer Fadi Yassin with bullets in his legs. Fadi Yassin was immediately transferred to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm to receive treatment. A child, who was also present in the area, was also injured by shrapnel from live bullets. During the same event, Israeli soldiers detained Roya TV cameraman Mahmoud Fawzi after assaulting him. It was the second protest, since the previous, where hundreds of Palestinian residents of Nour Shams camp demand the return to their homes in the camp from which they were forcibly displaced 10 months ago. **On November 19, his colleague, Laith Jaar states with a picture from the hospital:** "“Praise be to God, our colleague Fadi Yassin is in good health. He needs treatment due to damage to the muscles of his legs caused by live ammunition fired at him by the Israeli army yesterday during coverage. Thanks to Al Jazeera management for their full support, and to the head of the Palestine bureau, our colleague Walid Al-Omari, for checking in and for his continuous follow-up on Fadi’s condition.”"

On November 17, 2025, in the evening, extensive violence erupted in the Palestinian village of Al-Jab’a, southwest of Bethlehem, after dozens of extremist Jewish settlers entered the village and set fire to homes and vehicles. They attacked homes, set vehicles on fire, and vandalized property. Video documentation shows settlers setting fire to vehicles and throwing stones before fleeing. According to the head of Al-Jab’a council, Diab Masha’la, settlers broke into the village, attacked several houses, burned resident-owned cars. There are contradictory accounts — some sources claim two Palestinians were injured, but others (including local officials) say there were no injuries. Israeli security forces (IDF, Border Police, and Police) were deployed to the area. No suspects were detained at the time of reporting. According to Israeli Army Radio, dozens of settlers broke into the village and began setting fire to Palestinian homes and cars, allegedly in retaliation for the dismantling of an illegal settler outpost and clashes in the Gush Etzion area earlier in the day. The Israeli source also reported that large Israeli forces were heading to the village to regain control of the situation, adding that initial reports indicated the burning of one home and four Palestinian vehicles, along with the injury of a Palestinian citizen. **Context:** Al-Jab’a (Jab’a) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, about 15 km southwest of Bethlehem and 17 km north of Hebron. It lies roughly 3 km east of the Green Line and is surrounded by Israeli settlements of the Gush Etzion bloc. It is very likely that the rioters, or at least most of them, came from Bat Ayin and its outposts. It is the closest and most violent settlement in the area, but it cannot be ruled out that some of them came from other nearby settlements and outposts. The attack occurred shortly after the evacuation of the illegal outpost Tzur Mashgabi in Gush Etzion. **IDF statement:** The IDF confirmed that Israeli civilians vandalized and set fire to homes and cars. Security forces were “jumped to the scene". Searchs for suspects were ongoing, incident still active. It warned that such settler violence "distracts forces from counter-terrorism duties". **Statement of the Defense Minister Israel Katz:** Responding for the first time after days of silence regarding widespread settler attacks, he condemned “violent anarchists” harming soldiers and Palestinians. He promised no leniency for violent settlers and a new government decision soon, granting legal tools and budget to address settler violence. However, he reiterated his support for expanding settlements but “within the law.” **English statement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:** He issued a condemnation only in English on his official account, calling the attackers “a handful of extremists.” and saying Israel “will act with full force” against settler attacks on Palestinians and soldiers.

On November 16, 2025, the Palestinian teenager, Jadallah Jihad Jadallah, 15 year old, was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Al-Far’a camp, south of Tubas. Several military vehicles stormed the camp and deployed inside it, after storming the town of Aqaba and the city of Tubas. Jadallah He was hit by the Israeli bullets and ambulance crews were prevented from treating him, as his martyrdom was later reported and his body is being held by Israel according to the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs. Red Crescent had confirmed that its crews dealt with two injuries to a child (16 years old) with shrapnel in the flank, and a young man (18 years old) with shrapnel in the lower extremities during the occupation’s storming of Al-Faraa camp, while its crews were prevented from reaching a third injured person, who was arrested. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education mourned the martyr student Jadallah Jihad Juma Jadallah, son of the ninth grade, at the Al-Faraa Camp Boys’ Basic School, affiliated with the International Relief Agency. **Name of the martyr:** Jadallah Jihad Jumaa Jadallah, 15

On November 16, 2025, a Palestinian child was killed and another wounded on the morning after Israeli occupation forces carried out a raid on the Old Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. **Name of the Martyr:** Hassan Mousa Sharkazi, 16 y/o

On November 13, two Palestinian children have been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers opened fire on the children in the southern part of the town, before seizing their bodies and declaring the area a closed military zone. The IDF toke pictures of the bodies of the both children. They alleged put a molotov near one of these kids bodies to justify their killing. Mohammed Awad, a local activist, said Israeli forces have been intensifying raids and pursuing farmers in the area, where the illegal Karmei Tzur settlement has encroached, adding that Palestinians have faced beatings, arrests and escalating settler assaults aimed at pressuring residents to leave the land. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Bilal Bahaa Baaran (16 years old) 2. Muhammad Mahmoud Abu Ayyash (15 years old)

On 11 November 2025, dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked and set fire to Palestinian industrial facilities and property, the al-Juneidi dairy factory, including four trucks laden with products, in the “Ladain” area between the villages of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, and Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm, injuring four Palestinians. Several vehicles and buildings were set on fire, including, according to reports, the Al-Junaidi plastics factory. The settlers attacked the villages Deir Sharaf, setting fire to farmland, tin shacks and tents belonging to a Bedouin community. This is at least the second massive attack in this area for 15 days. The last pogrom occured, in two waves on October 31 and targeted several vehicles in the same plain. This time, a number of Palestinians were injured, and the full extent of the damage and casualties is still unclear, though it appears to be unusually severe even compared to the attacks of last October. This time, exceptionnaly, Israeli police said that four Israelis were arrested in what it described as “extremist violence" while the Israeli military said four Palestinians were wounded. The Israeli army intervened, forcing the settlers to flee to a nearby industrial zone, where they attacked soldiers and damaged a military vehicle, while police arrested four settlers, a rare occurrence given the usual impunity for such attacks. Police and Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency said they were investigating : *"Soldiers were dispatched to the area of the Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf villages following a report of dozens of masked Israeli civilians who attacked Palestinians and set fire to property in the area,". * Palestinian official Muayyad Shaaban said the attacks were part of a campaign to drive Palestinians from their land and accused Israel of giving the settlers protection and immunity. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the incident as “shocking and serious,” urging authorities to act decisively and strengthen the IDF, while Maj Gen Avi Bluth, top Israeli military official in the West Bank, called the violence “unacceptable.” The attack is part of a broader surge in settler violence with 260 attacks recorded in October 2025 alone, the deadliest month since 2006. Human rights groups and the UN have warned that settlers are acting in a “permissive environment,” accelerating the displacement of Palestinians, often with tacit support from key Israeli ministers, including Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who have helped loosen gun regulations and establish “civilian guard units.” Residents like Mahmoud Edeis of Beit Lid expressed fear and frustration, noting that *“at any moment something could happen … This can’t go on,” highlighting the ongoing climate of insecurity despite official condemnations. The attacks and their impunity have drawn international outcry, including from the UN, which has criticized Israeli authorities for investigating violence against Palestinians only “in extremely rare cases.”*

On November 8, in the evening, Israeli soliders raided the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank. They deployed infantry units at the entrance and firing live ammunition, opened fire indiscriminately, triggering panic among residents. They shot and killed a young Palestinian man that the Palestinian Health Ministry identified as Abdul-Rahman Ahmad Abbas Darawsha, 26. Darawsha was struck by bullets and rushed by a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance to Tubas Governmental Hospital, where he was later pronounced martyred due to the severity of his injuries. As usual, the Israeli military claimed that its forces fatally shot a Palestinian man because he was allegedly “planning to carry out an attack against them,” however, it failed to provide specific details regarding the nature of the alleged “threat” posed by the individual. It added that troops from the Paratroopers Brigade’s reconnaissance unit were involved in the incident and opened fire on the man, resulting in his death. The military confirmed that no soldiers were injured during the incident. **Name of the martyr:** Abdul Rahman Ahmed Abbas Darawsha, 26

On November 8, 2025, Israeli settlers set fire to a house in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, early Saturday morning. Dozens of settlers stormed the outskirts of the village and set fire to the one-story home of Basel al-Sheikh, causing damage to parts of it. Israeli forces stormed the area surrounding the house later that morning and fired live ammunition at residents who were present, though no injuries were reported.  *A view of a damaged house of a Palestinian family burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah, West Bank on November 08, 2025. (Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency)*

On November 8, 2025, dozens of Israeli settlers, backed by soldiers, carried out a widespread attacks in Beita, Burin & other areas. ## **Beita:** International activists and journalists were severely injured after the settlers attacked the olive harvesters and activist protected them on Qamas mountain in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank. The assault targeted both Palestinians and those standing with them defending their land from ongoing colonial settlement expansion. About 30 villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists, had gathered for the harvest when dozens of men descended from the outpost on a hill and launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself. Palestinian landowners, human rights activists, and journalists witnessed the attack in Beita. According to one activist, settlers had erected an outpost consisting of a single tent – which they named "Harbinger of Peace" – in the middle of the groves, several hundred meters from the pickers. Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli rights activist who witnessed the incident, and was also injured, said to Reuters that about 50 masked settlers were involved, saying those who attacked Sawafta "beat her up without mercy, continuing to stone her while she was on the ground and then continuing to attack everyone who was coming to her help." He said the settlers shouted in Hebrew, including comments such as "Go from there." Reuters Journalist, Ranee Sawafta, was accompanied by Reuters security adviser Grant Bowden who was beaten as he tried to protect her. Her camera equipment was smashed. Both wore helmets and had clear "Press" labels on their protective jackets. Sawafta's helmet had a large dent after the attack. An ambulance took them both for medical checks and treatment at a hospital in the Palestinian city of Nablus. She sustained bruises and fractures. The Al Jazeera film crew was attacked by masked Israeli settlers: Journalist Muhammad Al-Atrash and photographer Luay Asaid were injured. Cameraman Nael Buital, was also injured: his leg was broken and he was transferred to Al-Istshari hospital. Oded Yedaya, principal of the Minshar School of Art, suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone. The Health Ministry said that its medics treated 11 people who sustained injuries after being beaten by Israeli forces and illegal settlers in Beita, noting that their conditions were stable. **Injured:** 1. Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta, 2. Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Al-Atrash, 3. Al Jazeera photographer Luay Saeed, 4. Cameraman Nael Buital, was injured in the most violent settlers’ attack against Palestinian journalists in Beita. His leg was broken and he was transferred to Al-Istshari hospital, 5. Jonathan Pollak, Israeli right activist, 6. Oded Yedaya, principal of the Minshar School of Art, 7. Yuval Ben Ami, Activist and photograph (former Israeli reservist) 2 paramedics (PRCS) 2 foreign activists  *Settler attack on Palestinians in the West Bank on Saturday. Credit: Itay Ron* (Note that the area where the attack occurred is the same location where a pevious coordinated attack of soldiers and settlers toke place on October 10. That day also saw violence from both settlers and soldiers, resulting in 20 injuries, including one person who was shot by a settler. Beita has been violently repressed for years, leading to the killing of 18 Palestinians since 2020 and of Turkish – American activist Ayşenur Eygi a year ago. Thousands more have been injured during demonstrations and raids). **Testimony of an activist:** The settlers also attacked journalists and Red Crescent volunteers with clubs as they fled. "I tried to help evacuate the wounded," he said. "A 19-year-old Red Crescent volunteer had been hit in the head, lost his glasses, and couldn't run. We helped him out. When I reached the village, I drove to the emergency center and came across another activist who'd been hit in the back of the neck with a rock and was dazed. I drove him there too." **Testimony of Oded Yedaya:** Israeli artist and activist Oded Yedaya was seriously injured when a masked settler hurled a stone at his head, breaking his cheekbone and leaving a deep wound beneath his eye. “He deliberately aimed for the head,” Yedaya said from his hospital bed. His wife added, “If he had thrown a little higher, he would have killed him.”. As former elite soldier who once served with Benjamin Netanyahu, Yedaya believes the attack marks a dangerous turn: “It’s quite possible we’ve reached the moment when settlers are trying to kill Jews.” He describes an atmosphere of impunity: “The situation has deteriorated in the last two years. They have a license for violence, and the army intervenes less.” Yedaya, who has spent two decades documenting protests and Palestinian life, says he has sacrificed his privacy to expose the violence: “Just as we abandon our bodies in demonstrations, I abandoned my privacy for anything that might help or shock.” Despite his injuries, he remains defiant: “It’s a shame so much suffering is needed before change can happen.”  **Testimony of IMS- Palestine:** *On Saturday, November 8, Masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs attacked Palestinian farmers and solidarity activists, with many hospitalized after, in the Jabal Qamas area of Beita, south of Nablus, near the recently established Mevaser Shalom outpost, built on Beita’s confiscated land. After a few hours of successful olive harvest, a group of around 50 settlers, masked and armed with clubs and sticks, descended on the harvesters from the hillside, hurling rocks at them. The assault left 14 people injured and in need of medical attention, including several Palestinian farmers, 3 medical personnel, two of whom suffering head injuries, 4 journalists, and 3 solidarity activists – one of them a US citizen, all of them sustaining head wounds. Reuters journalist Raneen Sawafta was bludgeoned and stoned, even after she had fallen to the ground. Settlers attacked anyone who tried to help her. One solidarity activist suffered a broken cheekbone and jaw. When he reached the Beita clinic before being transferred to an hospital, his shirt was soaked in blood and his head was split open. Despite the Israeli Occupation Forces claimed they had deployed soldiers to the scene to “disperse the confrontation”, eyewitnesses confirm that no Israeli military or police were present where the attack took place.* * **** * ## **In the same time, in Burin**, In the nearby village of Burin, several Palestinian farmers and international activists were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers while harvesting olives east of the village, according to a statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent. Acccording to B.M. @ireallyhateyou the "peacenik" IDF soldier Yuval Ben Ami who invaded Lebanon with an anti-occupation shirt, was among the protective presence. He was beaten by the settlers while joining the Palestinian olive harvest in Burin. He told them he's a reservist so they yelled at him "It's the last time you betray your brothers! **Statement of The Foreign Press Association (FPA):** An organization representing international media in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza on Monday condemned attacks by Israeli settlers on journalists in the West Bank, urging Israeli authorities to halt the “violence immediately.”. FPA, which represents hundreds of foreign journalists, said it was “appalled” by the recent attacks, especially during this year’s olive harvest: *“Journalists, both local and foreign, have proven to be a clear target as they document an unprecedented level of unchecked violence against Palestinians during this year’s olive harvest,”*. The FPA said that on Saturday, two employees of Reuters wearing clearly marked press vests and helmets were assaulted by masked Israeli civilians armed with clubs and rocks near the Palestinian village of Beita: *“A mob of dozens of settlers beat one of the employees, a female reporter, while she was already on the ground, resulting in severe injuries,”*