{"id":29311,"date":"2026-02-15T06:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29311"},"modified":"2026-02-15T06:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:01:04","slug":"israeli-settlers-injure-at-least-54-palestinians-in-west-bank-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=29311","title":{"rendered":"Israeli settlers injure at least 54 Palestinians in West Bank attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Latest attacks come amid a widely condemned Israeli push to cement control over the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afp_698f3270b048-1770992240.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A Palestinian man inspects one of several cars vandalised by Jewish settlers, who entered the Palestinian village of Telfit, south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on February 13, 2026.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Palestinian man inspects one of several cars vandalised by Jewish settlers, who entered the Palestinian village of Telfit, south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on February 13, 2026 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>Dozens of Palestinians have been injured as Israeli settlers carried out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/2\/13\/live-explosions-in-gaza-54-wounded-in-west-bank-settler-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a wave of attacks<\/a>\u00a0across the occupied West Bank, destroying olive trees and vandalising property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 54 Palestinians were wounded on Friday morning as settlers attacked several towns and villages under the protection of the Israeli military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Settlers assaulted Palestinian farmers on their lands near Talfit, a village south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and Israeli troops fired tear gas and live ammunition at residents who tried to repel the settler attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images from the village showed homes with broken windows and vehicles with smashed windshields as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli settlers also destroyed about 300 Palestinian olive trees near the Ramallah-area town of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2023\/6\/29\/no-singing-no-joy-how-settlers-ruined-a-palestinian-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turmus Aya<\/a>, the Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians across the West Bank have faced an intensified surge in Israeli military and settler violence in the shadow of Israel\u2019s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_4311680\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afp_698f2cbcecad-1770990780.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C514&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A shattered window overlooks a street after it was broken when Jewish settlers vandalised vehicles and homes in the Palestinian village of Telfit, south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on February 13, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-4311680\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A shattered window in the village of Talfit after the settler attack, February 13, 2026 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 1,054 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops and settlers between October 7, 2023, and February 5 of this year, according to the latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-briefing-notes\/2026\/02\/new-israeli-operations-occupied-west-bank-raise-serious-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Nations figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel has also forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes across the West Bank, refusing to allow them to return in what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/israels-emptying-of-west-bank-refugee-camps-amounts-to-war-crimes-hrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Watch says<\/a>&nbsp;amounts to war crimes and a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli government drew international condemnation this week after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/11\/palestinians-sense-west-bank-annexation-after-israel-approves-new-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it approved plans<\/a>&nbsp;to extend its authority over more of the West Bank \u2013 a move that observers denounced as de facto annexation, in violation of international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf these decisions are implemented, they will undoubtedly accelerate the dispossession of Palestinians and their forcible transfer, and lead to the creation of more illegal Israeli settlements,\u201d UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to come back to this article?&nbsp;<strong>Save it<\/strong>&nbsp;for later.Save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are witnessing rapid steps to change the demography of the occupied Palestinian territory permanently, stripping its people of their lands and forcing them to leave,\u201d Turk said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-human-rights-chief-deepening-israeli-control-over-palestinian-lands-further-violates-right-to-self-determination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is supported by rhetoric and actions by senior Israeli officials, and violates Israel\u2019s obligation as an occupying power to preserve the existing legal order and social fabric. These decisions must be overturned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/13\/israeli-settlers-injure-dozens-of-palestinians-in-wave-of-west-bank-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/13\/israeli-settlers-injure-dozens-of-palestinians-in-wave-of-west-bank-attacks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest attacks come amid a widely condemned Israeli push to cement control over the occupied Palestinian territory. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured as Israeli settlers carried out\u00a0a wave of attacks\u00a0across the occupied West Bank, destroying olive trees and vandalising property. 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