Palestinians trapped in their homes by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra are running out of food as the siege enters its 12th day.
Archiv: Angriffe / Gewalt / violence / assaults
‚Violence, dispossession, and destruction‘: Israeli forces and settlers launch 467 West Bank attacks in one week
Israeli forces and settlers launched at least 467 attacks on Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank over the past week, the Palestinian prime ministerâs office said.
In a post on X, the office said the violence damaged 75 Palestinian homes and other structures.
It described the attacks as part of a ârelentless escalation of violence, dispossession, and destructionâ.
Israel/OPT: Siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra marks relentless escalation in state-backed settler violence
(August 14, 2026)
âThe three families under siege have been threatened, harassed and attacked by Israeli settlers from nearby outposts for several months. They have been confined to their homes since Sunday 9 August, are running out of food, and lack access to basic necessities, including running water. The homes targeted in these attacks are located in Area B of the West Bank, supposedly under Palestinian administrative control and Israeli military control, according to the classification of the Oslo Accords. Yet Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances trying to deliver food and water to the homes were also attacked by settlers. Despite these violent attacks, Israeli forces allowed the settlers to remain close proximity to the Palestinian familiesâ homes.
âFor far too long, the world has ignored the immense, unfathomable suffering of Palestinians being uprooted and erased from land they have inhabited for generations. The international community must stop treating such incidents as âisolatedâ and instead hold Israel accountable.â
Palestinian families still under siege by settlers in Qusra in the West Bank
(August 14, 2026)
Palestinian families near Qusra in the occupied West Bank say they remain trapped in their homes, six days after far-right Israeli settlers moved into the area. Despite U.S. pressure on Israel to disperse the settlers, residents say some still remain, while the IDF continues to be present â for now. NBC News‘ Matt Bradley reports.
Colonists attack Qusra municipal crew as Israeli forces detain three
NABLUS, August 15, 2026 (WAFA) â Israeli colonists on Saturday attacked a team from the Qusra municipality south of Nablus as it attempted to restore electricity to homes that have been under siege for about a week, while Israeli forces detained three members of the crew.
Local sources told WAFA that the municipal crew headed to the homes after receiving coordination to restore electricity, which colonists had cut off more than a week ago. The colonists attacked and surrounded the crew before Israeli forces intervened and detained three of its members.
Meantime, colonists continued to besiege the homes of three Palestinian families in Qusra amid a deployment of Israeli forces in the area, the sources said.
U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‚horrific act of terror
(August 13, 2026)
Huckabee‘s post on X was an unusually sharp rebuke from a U.S. official, even as he defended the Israeli military‘s response. Huckabee is a longtime ally of Israel‘s settler movement and in the past has expressed support for Israeli control over the occupied West Bank while condemning settler violence.
Occupied West Bank: Settler siege of Palestinians marks a new low
(August 13, 2026)
Three Palestinian families â around 15 people in total, including at least two children â have remained confined to their homes âin a state of terrorâ in the Ras al Ein area of Qusra village, south of Nablus, OHCHR said, alleging that the settlers had cut their power and water.
âThese criminal actions by the settlers, supported or acquiesced to by Israel, the Occupying Power, are making life unbearable for these Palestinian families and are clearly aimed at forcing them to leave their homes and their land,â the UN office said. âTime is running out for these three families before they are forcibly displacedâ.
The Human Toll Since October 7, 2023 for Gaza and the West Bank
21,797 attacked seeking aid
185,390 injured
22,250 children killed
463 starved to death
13,640 women killed
1,701 medical personnel killed
262 journalists killed
140 first responders killed
4,361 settler attacks
74,428 killed
Anschlag auf den CSD: Dobrindt stuft Tat als âislamistischen Terroranschlagâ ein
Am Sonntagnachmittag trat Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt vor die Presse und stufte die Tat als âislamistischen Terroranschlagâ ein. Auch die Ermittler gehen von einem islamistischen Terroranschlag aus.
Laut CSU-Chef Markus Söder zielte der Angriff auf die freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung in Deutschland. âEr ist auch ein bewusster Anschlag auf die Freiheitsidee unseres Landes. Und deswegen muss auch mit aller HĂ€rte dagegen vorgegangen werdenâ, sagte der bayerische MinisterprĂ€sident im ZDF-Sommerinterview.
Eine Tote und Verletzte bei CSD in Berlin: VerdÀchtiger soll zu islamistischer Szene gehören
Ein Autofahrer hatte laut Polizei kurz vor 22.00 Uhr gestern Abend im Bereich des Tiergartens in der NĂ€he des Potsdamer Platzes Menschen angefahren. Der CSD wurde daraufhin abgebrochen. Ein Augenzeuge sagte der Nachrichtenagentur AFP, ein Lieferwagen sei mit hoher Geschwindigkeit von der LennĂ©straĂe in den Tiergarten abgebogen.
Die Nachrichtenagentur dpa meldete, ein weiĂer Wagen sei gegen 22.00 Uhr am Ahornsteig parallel zur LennĂ©straĂe gefahren. Dort habe er mehrere Menschen angefahren, bevor er mit einem Baum kollidierte. Der Fahrer habe das Fahrzeug verlassen und sich in unbekannte Richtung entfernt. Laut jĂŒngsten Angaben der Polizei soll es sich um einen Pkw oder Minivan handeln. Menschen sollen auch durch Stiche verletzt worden sein.
Angriff beim Berliner CSD: So schildern Polizei und Feuerwehr die Nacht im Tiergarten
âDie alles entscheidende Frage, die uns momentan umtreibt, ist: Wer war das und wie hat er das geschafft, hier reinzukommen?“
Florian Nath, Pressesprecher der Berliner Polizei
Auch das Motiv sei bislang unklar.
Polizeisprecher: „akribische“ Sicherheitsvorbereitungen
„Wir sind alle ziemlich betroffen hier“, sagte Nath. „Wir haben dieses Event zusammen mit dem Veranstalter akribisch vorbereitet. Wir haben unglaublich viele KrĂ€fte im Einsatz.“ Damit Fahrzeuge nicht auf das VeranstaltungsgelĂ€nde fahren können, seien umfangreiche Zufahrtssperren eingerichtet worden.
Der TĂ€ter mĂŒsse an einer noch unbekannten Stelle unbemerkt in den Tiergarten gefahren sein. Nun werde untersucht, wie das Fahrzeug auf das GelĂ€nde kam, warum der FahrzeugfĂŒhrer die Menschen anfuhr und vor allem, wo dieser nun ist.
Four Palestinians killed, four injured by Israeli forces during attack by colonists near Nablus
Issam al-Saifi, secretary of the Fatah movement in Tell, said colonists attacked two homes in the eastern part of the town, prompting residents to confront them and force them to withdraw.
He said half an hour later, the colonists attacked the western part of the town again, leading to clashes between residents on one side and the colonists and Israeli occupation forces, who stormed the area to provide them protection to the colonists.
He added that Israeli soldiers and colonists opened fire indiscriminately at residents, killing four young Palestinians, including two brothers and their two cousins, and injuring four others. Israeli forces also declared the town a closed military zone, while colonists continued to deploy around the area.
The Human Toll Since October 7, 2023 for Gaza and the West Bank
21,797 attacked seeking aid
185,186 injured
22,238 children killed
463 starved to death
13,640 women killed
1,701 medical personnel killed
262 journalists killed
140 first responders killed
4,242 settler attacks
74,388 killed
Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating
This attack on journalists comes just days after US Rep. Ro Khanna was detained by settlers near the village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank. The village has a population of thousands of Palestinian-Americans who have come under repeated attack by settlers in the area.
Khanna visited the village to show solidarity with American citizens who have told CNN they feel forgotten by their government.
âI saw the arrogance in the eyes of those settlers, 21- and 22-year-olds with guns, laughing that they had detained us, the arrogance of those young IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding, having no respect for the fact that they were detaining Americans, no respect that there was an American congressperson in that bus, and laughing when our translator told them that there are Americans there and the American embassy is concerned,â Khanna told Reuters.
„Our multi-layered protection works,“ Secret Service director says
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said his agents âperformed admirablyâ tonight, pointing to the quick apprehension of the suspect at the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner as a prime example of what the agency is trained to do.
âWe got to see what they do, and that individual, when he charged a checkpoint, was apprehended,â Curran said. âIt shows that our multi-layered protection works.â
Trump rushed off stage at White House Correspondentsâ Dinner
12 hr 9 min ago
President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service at the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
Vice President JD Vance and some members of Trumpâs Cabinet who were also in attendance were also rushed out.
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
The explanation from ICE is an example of recent run-ins between immigration officers and health care workers that have contributed to mounting friction at Minneapolis hospitals. Workers at the Hennepin County facility say ICE officers have restrained patients in defiance of hospital rules and stayed at their sides for days. The agents have also lingered around the campus and pressed people for proof of citizenship.
Takeaways from AP report on ICE claims that immigrant shattered his skull running into wall
According to his lawyers, Castañeda Mondragón entered the U.S. in 2022 with valid immigration documents. Minnesota incorporation filings show he founded a company called Castaneda Construction the following year with an address listed in St. Paul. He appears to have no criminal record.
His lawyers told a court that Castañeda Mondragón was racially profiled during the crackdown, and that officers determined only after his arrest that he had overstayed his visa.
âHe was a brown-skinned, Latino Spanish speaker at a location immigration agents arbitrarily decided to target,â his lawyers wrote in a petition seeking his release from ICE custody.
US Senate, Do the Right Thing and Refuse to Fund ICE
More Americans now support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, than keeping it.
Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on Agitator at Town Hall
MINNEAPOLISâThe Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement following the incident at her town hall in North Minneapolis.
âDuring her town hall, an agitator tried to attack the Congresswoman by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe. Security and the Minneapolis Police Department quickly apprehended the individual. He is now in custody. The Congresswoman is okay. She continued with her town hall because she doesnât let bullies win.â
Rep. Ilhan Omar continued town hall after attack âbecause she doesnât let bullies win,â office says
Omar was uninjured in the attack, according to CNN affiliate KARE, which cited a police incident report. The man was charged with third-degree assault and was booked into Hennepin County Jail on the charge, the report said.
Man sprays unknown substance at Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall
A man attacked Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar tonight, spraying an unknown substance with a strong odor toward her, just seconds after the Democratic congresswoman called for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign and urged the abolishment of ICE.
Audience members of the town hall meeting with local and state officials started to clap as she made her remarks. Then the man rushed her podium, yelling at the congresswoman and appearing to spray the substance through a syringe at her.
Statement from the American Nurses Association regarding the death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is deeply disturbed and saddened to learn of the death of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, in Minneapolis earlier today. We extend our condolences to Alexâs loved ones, colleagues, and the community at large.
ANA condemns violence in our communities. The seriousness of this incident and others demand transparency and accountability. ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alexâs loved ones and the public have answers.
One in four nurses already experience workplace violence. As incidents with federal law enforcement continue to rise across the country, we are deeply concerned for the safety of nurses, both on the job and in the communities they serve.
Gov. Tim Walz addresses ICE presence in Minnesota | full video
Streamed live 17 hours ago
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered remarks Wednesday night as immigration operations continued in the state. Streamed live 17 hours ago
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered remarks Wednesday night as immigration operations continued in the state. Earlier in the day, a judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, seeking further evidence before issuing a ruling.
Earlier in the day, a judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, seeking further evidence before issuing a ruling.
Governor Walz Remarks on the Federal Governmentâs Ongoing Presence in Minnesota
âMy fellow Minnesotans:
âWhatâs happening in Minnesota right now defies belief.
âNews reports simply donât do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities.
âTwo to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
âArmed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live.
âTheyâre pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers.
âAnd at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at schools, theyâre breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process.
âLetâs be very, very clear: This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement.âŻ
âInstead, it is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.
âLast week, that campaign claimed the life of Renee Nicole Good.
âWeâve all watched the video.
âWe all have seen what happened.
âAnd yet, instead of conducting an impartial investigation so we can hold accountable the officer responsible for Reneeâs death, the Trump administration is devoting the full power of the federal government to finding an excuse to attack the victim and her family.
âJust yesterday, six federal prosecutors â including the longtime career prosecutor leading the charge to investigate and eliminate fraud in our stateâs programs â quit their jobs rather than go along with this assault on the United States Constitution.
âBut as bad as itâs been, Donald Trump intends for it to get worse.
âThis week, he went online to promise that, quote, âthe day of retribution and reckoning is coming.â
âThat is a direct threat against the people of this state, who dared to vote against him three times, and who continue to stand up for freedom with courage and empathy and profound grace.
âAll across Minnesota, people are stepping up to help neighbors who are being unjustly, and unlawfully, targeted.
âTheyâre distributing care packages and walking kids to school and raising their voices in peaceful protest even though doing so has made many of our fellow Minnesotans targets for violent retribution.
âFolks, I know this is scary.
âAnd I know itâs absurd that we all have to be defending law and order, justice, and humanity while also caring for our families and doing our jobs.
âSo, tonight, let me say, once again, to Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: End this occupation.
âYouâve done enough.
âLet me say four critical things to the people of Minnesota â four things I need you to hear as you watch the news and look out for your neighbors.
âFirst: Donald Trump wants chaos.
âHe wants confusion.
âAnd, yes, he wants more violence on our streets.
âWe cannot give him what he wants.
âWe can â we must â protest: loudly, urgently, but also peacefully.
âIndeed, as hard as we will fight in the courts and at the ballot box, we cannot, and will not, let violence prevail.
âYouâre angry.
âIâm angry.
âAngry might not be strong enough of a word.
âBut we must remain peaceful.
âSecond: You are not powerless.
âYou are not helpless.
âAnd you are not alone.
âAll across Minnesota, people are learning about opportunities not just to resist, but to help people who are in danger.
âThousands upon thousands of Minnesotans are going to be relying on mutual aid in the days and weeks to come, and they need our support.
âTonight, I want to share another way you can help: Witness.
âHelp us establish a record of exactly whatâs happening in our communities.
âYou have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities.
âSo carry your phone with you at all times.
âAnd if you see ICE in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.
âHelp us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans â not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution.
âThatâs the third thing I want to tell you tonight: We will not have to live like this forever.
âAccountability is coming, at the voting booth and in court.
âWe will reclaim our communities from Donald Trump.
âWe will re-establish a sense of safety for our neighbors.
âWe will bring an end to this moment of chaos and confusion.âŻ
âWe will find a way to move forward â together.
âAnd we will not be alone.
âEvery day, we are working with business leaders, faith leaders, legal experts, and elected officials from all across the country.
âThey have seen what Donald Trump is trying to do to our state.
âThey know their states could be next.
âAnd that brings me to the fourth thing I want to tell you tonight. Minnesota, Iâm so proud of the way weâve risen to meet this unbearable moment.
âBut Iâm not surprised.
âBecause this â this is who we are.
âMinnesotans believe in the rule of law.
âAnd Minnesotans believe in the dignity of all people.
âWeâre a place where thereâs room for everybody, no matter who you are or who you love or where you came from.
âA place where we feed our kids, take care of our neighbors, and look out for those in the shadows of life.
âWeâre an island of decency in a country being driven towards cruelty.
âWe will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, of peace.
âAnd, tonight, I come before you simply to ask: Do not let anyone take that away from us.
âThank you.
âProtect each other
âAnd God bless the people of Minnesota.â
2 people shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, DHS says
(January 9, 2026)
DHS said after the agents identified themselves, the driver „weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.“
„Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot,“ DHS said. The department said the man drove off with his passenger.
The shooting occurred at around 2:18 p.m. local time in the Hazelwood neighborhood in East Portland. Portland police officers responded to a 911 call and „confirmed federal agents were involved in a shooting,“ Day said.
About six minutes later, Day said, officers responded to a separate location about three miles away for a 911 call, where they found a man and woman with gunshot wounds.
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis Public Schools on Wednesday canceled classes district-wide for the remainder of the week âdue to safety concerns,â following the killing of a woman Wednesday by an ICE agent. The district said it was acting âout of an abundance of caution.â
The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
More Shocking Footage Shows Federal Agents Raiding Minneapolis High School, Handcuffing Staff
The school official also told MPR News that the agents handcuffed two staff members at the school, and they described getting into a physical confrontation with an agent as they were trying to tell them to leave school property.
âThe guy, Iâm telling him like, âPlease step off the school grounds,â and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and heâs trying to push me, and he knocked me down,â the official said. âThey donât care. Theyâre just animals. Iâve never seen people behave like this.â
(…)
The reasons for the raid on the high school were unclear, and the US Department of Homeland Security did not respond to KSTP Eyewitness 5 Newsâ or MPR Newsâ requests for comment.
WATCH: Palestinian teen says he was tortured in settler kidnapping
Palestinian teenager Oweis Hemam says he was kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Watch the 18-year-oldâs account below.
IDF probing reservists who allegedly beat Palestinian teen, causing âdisturbingâ injuries
(December 6, 2025)
A military source claimed that Hamam was suffering from a mental illness.
Soldiers of the IDFâs so-called area defense forces, known by its Hebrew acronym Hagmar â made up of local settlers in reserve duty â who were already in the area, alongside Sde Ephraimâs security coordinator, called on the man to leave, the army said.
According to the military, the reservist soldiers fired in the air, but the suspect continued to approach them. âThe reserve soldiers struggled with the suspect physically until they were able to arrest him,â the IDF said.
Seven Palestinians injured in colonist assault in Hebron-area towns
According to WAFA correspondent, armed colonists from the illegal colonial outpost of Karmei Tzur, built on Palestinian land, attacked a group of farmers with stones, clubs, and pepper spray as they attempted to reach their farmland in the Wardan area between Beit Ummar and Halhul.
Minister Assaf urges Arab media outlets to continue reporting on Palestine as the occupation aggression continues
Minister Assaf also called on Arab information ministers to collectively negotiate with global digital platforms to reverse their biased positions in favor of the occupation forces and their narrative, and to stop combating Palestinian content, asserting that the Palestinian narrative and discourse have triumphed over the fabricated Israeli narrative.
He called on concerned Arab and international institutions and bodies to intensify their efforts to document and expose the occupation‘s crimes against the Palestinian media and people, enhance solidarity campaigns, and pressure to end the unlawful protection enjoyed by the perpetrators.
„The male and female journalists in Palestine have embodied the highest meanings of national and professional belonging, and have continued to fulfill their noble mission of revealing the truth and conveying the suffering of our people to the world, despite all the dangers. The blood of the martyrs, the knights of truth, will remain a testament to the occupation‘s crimes and a motive for pursuing its perpetrators, until complete justice is achieved and impunity is ended,“ Assaf said.
Updates: On the Agenda
Filter updates:
On Friday (November 21), Israeli forces killed Amro al-Marbu, 18, and Sami al-Mashayekh, 16, in Kafr âAqab, East Jerusalem and also Yunis Ashtayeh, 24, from the village of Tel near Nablus. This brings to 1,004 the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the West Bank since October 2023, including 217 minors. At least 21 of the killings were perpetrated by settlers.
âWe are witnessing the total abandonment of Palestinian lives. Israel has already shown it is capable of far greater violence, as we are seeing in the Gaza Strip. The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating by the day and will only worsen, because there is no internal or external mechanism to restrain Israel or stop its ongoing policy of ethnic cleansing. The international community must put an end to Israelâs impunity and hold those responsible for crimes against the Palestinian people to accountâ said Yuli Novak, B‘Tselem executive director
Since October 2023, alongside the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli military has been enforcing an increasingly permissive and reckless open-fire policy in the West Bank, including the use of airstrikes in populated areas. The military has also armed and mobilized thousands of settlers into regional defense battalions and rapid-response teams within settlements.
Under this blanket impunity, armed settlers attack Palestinians on a daily basis, burning homes, farmland and crops, looting property and killing residents. Although dozens of such attacks occur every day, and many are captured on video and well documented, Israeli law-enforcement authorities rarely open investigations.
In the 21 cases where settlers have killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted.
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyâve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
Reporting Highlights
– Americans Detained: The government doesnât track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests.
– Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldnât find them.
– Cases Wilted: Agents have arrested about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, for allegedly interfering with or assaulting officers, yet those cases were often dropped.