On September 23, in the evening, dozens of armed settlers raided the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, West Bank, shoting at civilians in a public park in a southeastern part of the village. One of them, Murad Na’san, 20, was shot in the chest and subsequently died. At least five Palestinian civilians were injured, one of them critically. Ameen Abu Alia, head of the village council in Al-Mughayyir, said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, attacked a public park in the southeastern part of the village and opened fire on civilians. Five people were wounded, one of them critically in the chest, and he was later pronounced dead. **Name of the Martyr:** - Saeed Murad Nasan, 20 y/o (died from gunshot wounds). **Other casualties:** At least 4-5 others injured; one critically. **Broader context:** The Bedouin village of Al-Mughayyir is targeted not only by the territorial greed of settlers living in illegal outposts, but also by the Israeli government. See, in this regard, the other videos and recent events: [Videos about Al-Mugghayyir](https://tiktokgenocide.com/locations/al-mughayyir) [Events about Al-Mugghayyir](https://tiktokgenocide.com/events/search?query=Al-Mughayyir)

On September 22, 2025, early in the morning, Israeli forces stormed Birzeit University, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, with a large force, backed by armoured vehicles, dozens of soldiers, and a drone. They smashed the university gates and stormed the campus from all sides, after detaining and assaulting university guards. Occupation soldiers wreaked havoc on university facilities, destroying student movement activities and tearing up banners bearing national slogans and pro-Gaza slogans, as well as pictures of martyrs. The occupation forces also posted leaflets threatening the Islamic Bloc, the student wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, warning against its activities, while confiscating banners and signs belonging to the student movement. Dean of Student Affairs at Birzeit University, Ghassan Barghouthi, said that 11 Israeli armored vehicles stormed the campus and that soldiers assaulted five security personnel, causing them injuries and bruises. He explained that the raid included several buildings and colleges, most notably the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Arts, and the Nasib Shaheen Theater. He noted that the occupation forces destroyed murals in the theater and some of the belongings that had been prepared to welcome new students to the university, and hung threatening leaflets. He pointed out that the murals speak about the situation of the academic institutions destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Birzeit University says Israeli forces assaulted the university security, while arresting the president of the Palestinian Scholars League from Hebron. At least two students were arrested during that raid. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces arrested Birzeit University student Yousef Al-Hajj Muhammad after raiding his home in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah. The reports suggest that the raids are both punitive (arrests, punishment) and preventative (targeting suspected militant infrastructure). **An Educide / Scholasticide** Human rights / academic institutions are increasingly sounding alarms about the effects of these operations on civil and educational rights. Since 2002, Birzeit University has endured 24 raids, and this assault is the fifth invasion of the campus since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza. As last year, the assault comes at a particularly critical moment, as the university community wraps up the summer semester and begins preparations for the fall term. According to Right2Educ statement, *"this is not an isolated incident, but part of a broader, systematic assault on higher education institutions across Palestine. The repeated raids on Birzeit, like the destruction of universities in Gaza, are calculated attempts to crush academic freedom, break the spirit of our students and faculty, and erase the foundations of Palestinian intellectual and cultural life."* **Birzeit University statement:** – “As part of systematic repression policies, and in blatant violation of all international norms and conventions that prohibit attacks on academic institutions, the occupation forces stormed the university campus from several entrances in a barbaric and aggressive act. This crime comes as part of their ongoing assaults against our people and institutions, and just days before the university was set to welcome new students for the start of the academic year.” – “During this assault, the occupation detained and bound campus security staff and assaulted them, injuring two of them.” – “They raided several buildings and caused damage to their contents, in addition to distributing threatening leaflets targeting students and the university.” – “This raid is not an isolated incident, but rather part of an organized policy targeting Palestinian higher education institutions, amid the ongoing genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip.” – “We call on academic and human rights institutions around the world to shoulder their humanitarian, moral, and legal responsibilities.”

On August 16, 2025, dozen of settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, attacked the village of Al Mughayyir, Al Bireh, Ramallah, burning vehicles and caravans, and attacking a number of homes. Israeli occupation forces stormed the village and fired live ammunition at Abu Aliya, wounding him in the back, before assaulting him, according to village council head Amin Abu Aliya. He was subsequently taken to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that 18-year-old Hamdan Musa Mohammed Abu Alia succumbed to his wounds. **Palestinian political leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouti statement:** “The Israeli army killed in cold blood tonight the first aid provider Hamdan Abu Alia, 18, in Al-Mughayir village in the Ramallah district — for no reason. Earlier today, the village was attacked by terrorist settlers who burned cars and caravans.”

Al-Mughayyir, Khirbet Abu Falah, Turmuss Ayya and “Marj Si’” plain area in the eastern and northeastern areas of Ramallah have been repeatedly targeted by settler attacks in recent months. These attacks have resulted in the killing of several residents, the injury of others, and widespread destruction, including the burning of homes, facilities, and agricultural lands, along with spraying racist graffiti on walls and various other assaults. **According to Naboth's Vinyards**: Since October 7, that checkpoint has been closed to the village’s residents, preventing them from reaching and cultivating thousands of dunams of agricultural and grazing land east of the village. In the first weeks of the war, shepherd families living in Khirbet Jab’it east of the village, were expelled. Their expulsion enabled settlers from the isolated and extremely violent outpost of “Malachei HaShalom,” together with settlers from the Shiloh area to seize control of the entire area between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Duma, which we have also written about frequently in recent months. About two months ago, settlers in the area escalated their campaign — uprooting olive trees and burning agricultural land east of al-Mughayyir. In addition, an illegal outpost was established above the village’s eastern entrance, which has been closed since October 7. The aim of all these actions is to seize the lands from which Palestinians have been expelled and convert them into settler farmland. Such activity has already been taking place in recent weeks." ### Recent timeline On Augustus 2025, Palestinians resident confronts several major attacks on lands and farmers' properties between Khirbet Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya. **On Augustus 7, 2025:** dozens of armed settlers stormed the western outskirts of the village of Al-Mughayyir, specifically the “Marj Si’” plain area between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. Unarmed residents confronted the assailants. Israeli forces also stormed the village to protect the settlers, leading to clashes. During the confrontation, soldiers fired stun grenades and toxic gas canisters at the residents, though no injuries were reported. **On Augustus 14,** Israeli forces convert a Palestinian building in Military outpost in the village of Turmus Ayya. **On Augustus 15,** during the night, Israeli forces fired flares in the sky over the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah. Settlers had stormed the Marj Si’a plain, specifically cutting down a number of olive trees **On Augustus 16,** Israeli settlers stormed the Marj Si’ah plain, located between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. During this raid, settlers assaulted Palestinian residents and confronted locals after earlier attacks in the same area that resulted in the cutting down of olive trees belonging to Atef Hamayel the previous day. Israeli settlers torched Abdel Rahim Awad’s farm in Turmus Ayya. In the face of Jewish settlers' rampage, residents confront a massive attack on farmers' lands and property between Khirbet Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. Two settlers were injured when residents confronted their attack in the Marj Sa'i area, between the towns of Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. **On Augustus 17,** in the morning, Israeli Settlers deployed on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya town. They continu to attack Palestinian residents’ vehicles, pelting them with stones at the entrance of the town of Turmus Ayya. ### Siege of Al-Mughayyir (Aug. 21–24, 2025): **On Augustus 21,** A settler’s unverified claim of attack was used as pretext for a coordinated settler-army campaign against Al-Mughayyir, resulting in mass raids, a total siege, uprooting of centuries-old olive groves, arrests, property destruction, and the isolation of the entire community. There is an escalation when the ATV of two Israeli settlers from the Gal Yosef farm illegal outpost was accidented near the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir. They pretend that Palestinian opened fire and caused their vehicle to overturn before fleeing when his gun jammed. One shepherd was lightly injured in the head and evacuated to the hospital. A settler claimed he was shot and beaten in the Eastern Plains of Al-Mughayyir (land recently taken from Palestinian owners). This allegation appears to have been used as justification for escalating settler and military action against the Palestinian village. Settlers spread around the village from 8:30 a.m., inciting violence online and circulating threats, including a leaflet with a bulldozer calling to demolish the village. According to B.M., the Israeli friends are calling on social media to "Zarbivy Mughayyir" and organize a pogrom on the village, which has already been suffering unrelenting Zionist terror as it is. They uprooted thousands of olive trees, vandalized Palestinian cars, and continued land destruction during the day. Israeli forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir around 9:00 a.m., enforcing a full closure and curfew. The area, including neighboring villages, was completely encircled as the military claimed to be "searching for the attacker." Over 300 soldiers were deployed during the operation. Troops raided homes, arresting residents and converting several houses into military outposts. Footage emerged of soldiers throwing rocks at Palestinian vehicles. The raids were marked by property destruction, theft, and violent searches. Dozens of men were detained, beaten, and taken into custody. The army announced the siege would continue for at least three days. Palestinian vehicles were confiscated, and villagers were threatened with further demolitions and arrests unless they cooperated. Residents remain trapped under siege conditions, without access to medical care, humanitarian aid, or basic logistical support. Israeli forces prevented movement to and from the village for the duration of the four-day operation, with the exception of a few humanitarian cases who managed to leave on foot as ambulances were prevented from reaching them. One of those cases was a woman in labour, who was walking to reach an ambulance near the western entrance to the village and had tear gas cannisters fired in her direction by Israeli forces stationed there, but she was not injured. Community sources reported that Drones dropped tear gas on homes; tear gas and sound bombs were fired directly BY TROOPS at houses. Israeli forces fired sound cannisters, including inside homes, some of which were searched more than once. During one of the house raids, Israeli forces beat two children, causing fractures and bruises in the upper parts of their bodies, and they were transferred to a medical clinic inside the village for treatment. Israeli forces injuring 11 other Palestinians by tear gas inhalation, including five women and six children, one of them an infant. Throughout the operation, Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians, including a woman, a child, and the head of the village council. Several of those detained were physically assaulted. As of 27 August, four remained in Israeli custody, while the others were released, including the woman and the child. According to UNOCHA report, during the operation, Israeli forces-imposed a near-total closure by blocking the village’s western entrance, where a partial (intermittently staffed) checkpoint is installed, from the direction of Khirbet Abu Falah village. The other main (eastern) entrance to Al Mughayyir, off Road 458 (the ‘Allon Road’), has been closed with a road gate since mid-2023 **During the siege :** Journalists were expelled around 1:20 p.m. onAugustus 21, preventing coverage. Residents were locked in homes; both entrances blocked. 10 people arrested, including five brothers and village council head Amin Abu Alia. Graffiti included Stars of David and initials “MTA” and “MH” (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Maccabi Haifa). The head of the village council, Amin Abu Alia, surrendered after soldiers detained his son: “They linked the siege of the village to my surrender.” The council member Marzouk Abu Naim reported raids, stun grenades, ransacking, and theft of money and gold : “Their excuse is that a settler was attacked. People lost their trees — ancient trees, uprooted far from the Alon Road [where the shooting happened]. Homes were raided and searched. People were shocked by the number of soldiers and the level of hatred. They ransacked dozens of homes, threw stun grenades. They did this to my house while my wife and I were inside. [In other homes,] they even looted money and gold.” Abd al-Latif Abu Alya (55) lost 350 olive trees; vowed to replant despite displacement attempts. Rabeah Abu Naim said soldiers beat his brother and arrested the council head at settlers’ demand. **On Augustus 22**, during the night and the day after, 6 excavators and at least one D9 uprooted all the hundred years old olive trees in the plain near Al-Maghayyir Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya. At least 8,000 m² of olive groves were already destroyed. Ambulances were blocked from reaching the wounded Despite the destruction, residents vowed to remain on their land. Calls were issued to Palestinian institutions, humanitarian organizations, and the international community for urgent intervention and protection. ISM (International Solidarity Movement) urged global media and human rights bodies to denounce the violence and act against what it calls crimes against humanity. The IDF Central Command commander Avi Bluth declared in a video that the IDF is focusing its efforts on the village of Al-Mughayyir, in Binyamin, following the attack that came from there the day before, during which an Israeli shepherd was lightly wounded. According to the commander, the purpose of the operation in the village is to capture the terrorist and to deter the entire village from carrying out attacks: “Every village and every enemy must know that if they carry out an attack against the residents, they will pay a heavy price, they will undergo a curfew, they will undergo encirclement, and they will undergo shaping operations — so that all are deterred.” **“Order on Security Instructions regarding the Adoption of Security Means No. 25/25 (Judea and Samaria, 5785-2025).”:** (see attachment) The Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf or Major. Gen. Avi Bluth (commanders of the IDF Judea and Samaria Division) published a the Military Order (Judea & Samaria, August 2025)No. 25/25 (2025 – 5785) under his legal and security authority. Applies to an area of 296.8 dunams of land (as marked in red on the attached map), covering several parcels in the eastern and western plains, including parts of Abu Hanoun, Al-Nuqra, Shanshal, Abu Khamisa, and Al-Rifda. To adopt security measures in the designated area in order to protect people’s lives and ensure public safety. Measures include installing physical barriers and temporary security structures. Landowners will receive copies of the order and the attached map. The order will also be published at the Coordination and Liaison Office (DCO). The DCO will set and notify the schedule for enforcement. Right of Objection: Any person affected may submit an objection within 7 days of publication to the Legal Advisor for the area through the DCO. Validity: The order entered into force on 21 August 2025 (27 Av 5785) and remains valid according to applicable law. According to +972, Yesh Din and ACRI demanded a criminal investigation of Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs Bluth for alleged war crimes and collective punishment.They cited international law violations and the lack of appeal rights for residents. The IDF spokesperson defended Bluth, calling criticism “inappropriate” and insisting actions were lawful. However, uprooting entire groves deepened suspicions of collective punishment. MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) praised the uprooting: “Finally the IDF is acting as it should.” Elisha Yered, settler activist, openly framed the actions as collective punishment and urged wider use across villages. **On 1st Septemeber 2025 Naboth's Vineyard (Dror Etkes / Kerem Navot) stated that:** "In practice, the work was carried out jointly by the army and local settlers who own heavy machinery. The uprooting operations lasted for several days. Following mapping we conducted on the ground, we can now say that the actual area where the army and settlers uprooted trees stands at about 620 dunams — more than double the area included in the order. In addition, settlers have begun — and continue — to carve an entirely new road, with the aim of seizing thousands of dunams between al-Mughayyir and the extremely violent outposts east of the Shiloh settlement. We assume that along this illegal road, settlers will soon establish yet another outpost, whose purpose will be to further tighten the noose around the village of al-Mughayyir. Work at the site has been ongoing for over a week and a half, leaving no doubt that Apartheid General Bluth and his subordinate, Col. ‘Anan Fares - recently appointed commander of the Binyamin Brigade, under whose responsibility this area falls both were, and remain, fully aware of what is happening on the ground: settlers, under army protection, are uprooting olive trees on hundreds of dunams not covered by the military order." "The area designated for “exposure” is marked in red. It is immediately clear that whoever drew this order on the map did so in full coordination with the settlers themselves: the order does not cover lands that settlers have already seized in recent months. To sum it up: settlers are systematically seizing thousands of dunams of land belonging to al-Mughayyir’s residents through ongoing violent attacks. Instead of protecting Palestinian property and prosecuting the invaders, the army issues an order that clears the way for settlers to take hundreds more dunams of olive orchards. This is the reality that reigns in the West Bank: Israel, through its army, fights, kills, wounds, and subjugates millions of Palestinians in order to preserve it. But for the Apartheid General, Avi Bluth, it all feels natural. It is the reality he grew up in, and the only one he knows." According to Dror Etkes (Kerem Navot): eight outposts now surround Al-Mughayyir, including Adei Ad (legalized 2022, recognized 2025). **On September 5, 2025**, In the village of al-Mughayyir, three residents were arrested: Watan Abdulbasit Abu Alia (22 years old), Mohammed Raiq Abu Naim (19 years old) and Yousri Moussa Abu Alia (38 years old), after house searches. Israeli forces then settled in the western plain of the village, preventing residents from accessing their land, while settlers, protected by the army, proceeded to steal wood.

On June 25, in the evening, around 20:00, dozens of Israeli settlers invaded Kafr Malik village northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. They set on fire the Palestinian property, including residential homes and vehicles, while residents of the town and nearly villages attempted to confront them. At the same time, Israeli occupation forces have stormed the village in order to secure protection for the settlers. They opened fire with live bullets at Palestinians who are trying to defend their lands and property from Israeli settler attacks. They prevented ambulances then from reaching and transporting the injured. Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing a local resident, reported that it was the Israeli army that killed the three Palestinians, although the settlers also fired handguns. **Extension of the violence in Taybieh:** On June 25, 2025, the village of Taybeh—the last entirely Christian town in the West Bank—was violently targeted by Israeli settlers, in coordination with a deadly attack on the nearby village of Kafr Malik. A large group of masked settlers, reportedly dozens strong, descended on Taybeh’s eastern entrance late on June 25, torching homes and vehicles on the outskirts No casualties were reported within Taybeh, but the episode caused widespread fear among residents . Local clergy, including Fr. Bashar Fawadleh, condemned the violence as “barbarism and brutality” and warned that Taybeh is now “living under constant fire” and “daily siege **The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement** They said in a statement on Wednesday that dozens of Israeli civilians set fire to property in al-Mughayyir, a village near Kafr Malik. *"Upon receiving the report, IDF and Israeli Police forces were dispatched to the scene and operated to disperse the confrontation,"(...) "Several terrorists fired from within al-Mughayyir and hurled rocks at the forces, who opened fire toward the source of fire and the rock-hurlers. Hits were identified, and it was later reported that there were several individuals injured and fatalities"*. The IDF noted that five Israeli suspects were arrested during the incident and transferred to the police. **In the latest toll:** At least 7 Palestinians were reported injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its ambulance crews treated five citizens for serious gunshot wounds during the settler attack against Palestinians in Kafr Malik town. 3 Palestinians were reported killed and at least Seven injured **Names of the martyrs:** The Shireen Observatory identified the slain Palestinians as: 1) Mershid Nawaf Hamayel, 35, 2) Lotfi Sabry Bairat, 18, 3) Mohammad Maher Al-Naji, age unknown. **Geolocation:** [Geolocation](https://x.com/ja31ck/status/1938012482590646476) of the footage where the arson and the clash erupted in Kafr Malik village : 31.982382, 35.306082. **Simultaneously in the West Bank:** - Israeli settlers injured an elderly Palestinian man and burned agricultural lands in the town of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus. - Israeli settlers invaded Asira al-Qibliya, set fire to agricultural lands, hurled rocks at Palestinian citizens in the town, causing an elderly man to sustain a head injury and blocked civil defense crews from reaching the area to extinguish the fires. - Israeli settlers cut down dozens of olive trees between the villages of Aqraba and Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. - Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian orchards in the “Souf” area and cut more than 80 olive trees. - Israeli settlers from the Abu Fazza’ Al-Ka’abna, in the Al-Ka’abna Bedouin community, east of Ramallah, burned a Palestinian-owned vehicle parked in front of a house, and several structures. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that its medics treated eight Palestinians for suffocation injuries due to smoke inhalation.

**On May 27, 2025**, Israeli settlers carried out a pogrom on Al-Mughayyir. Settlers had attacked the outskirts of Al-Mughayyir village and attempted to burn agricultural lands and wheat crops in the Marj Sa’i plain, before residents confronted them and forced them to flee. As clashes broke out between Palestinians and extremist groups, Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene and intervened by trying to push the Palestinians out of the area. While documenting the incident, AA photojournalist Issam Rimawi was attacked by Israeli settlers as he was heading to his vehicle. This assault was part of a series of attacks on journalists in the West Bank. On the same day, at least 12 other Palestinian journalists were injured in attacks by Israeli forces Gaz canister, 6 near Nablus and 6 near Bethlehem. **Previous events:** **On May 18**, Israeli settlers established an illegal outpost inside the Palestinian shepherding community of Maghayer Al-Dir in Area C of the West Bank, just 100 meters from homes. Within days, about half the villagers fled, fearing violence. **On May 21**, a settler “walking tour” escalated into an attack involving dozens of armed settlers, stone-throwing, and beatings of Palestinians and activists, forcing the entire community of 23 families (around 150 people) to flee by the next day. This event is part of a broader pattern since October 2023, where over 60 Palestinian shepherding communities have been displaced by settler violence and new outposts, often backed by the Israeli army. Maghayer Al-Dir was the last Palestinian community in its area, now surrounded by settlements and outposts. Settlers used tactics like land seizures, fencing, water theft, and livestock theft to push Palestinians out. Residents reported police complicity with settlers and ongoing harassment. The attack on Maghayer Al-Dir was described as a deliberate effort to ethnically cleanse the area, with settlers openly boasting about driving Palestinians away to replace them with Jewish settlers. The displaced families face an uncertain future, with some hoping for temporary resettlement in Area B, though permanent solutions remain elusive. The Israeli army states the outpost was built on state land and that stop-work orders were issued, but settlers continue expanding. This violent displacement highlights the ongoing struggle over land in the West Bank, with settler outposts serving as tools to force Palestinians off their ancestral lands. **Location** Al-Mughayyir is a Palestinian village situated northeast of Ramallah, with a population of approximately 4,500 residents as of 2024. (This is a different place than the close Bedouin village ethnically cleansed on May 22, 2025, with an estimated distance of approximately 10 to 15 kilometers separating them : The both villages have been subjected to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, but these two communities are distinct in their demographics and specific circumstances) **Injured journalist**  *Anadolu photojournalist injured in an Israeli raid in West Bank* Issam al-Rimawi is a seasoned Palestinian photojournalist affiliated with Turkey's Anadolu Agency (AA), recognized for his extensive coverage of events in the occupied West Bank. His work often focuses on documenting the daily lives of Palestinians, protests, military incursions, and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On May 27, 2025, while documenting the wheat harvest in the village of al-Mughayyir in the West Bank, Rimawi was brutally attacked by masked Israeli settlers. He was ambushed, beaten unconscious with clubs and rocks, and left with a fractured arm, head injuries and 10 stitches, a concussion and skull fracture, and broken equipment (cameras, phone, Apple Watch) He had arrived to document farmers rushing to harvest their crops after settlers had torched fields the night before. He was ambushed alone near his car after photographing from a distance with a zoom lens and despite shouting “I am press!”, settlers continued the assault. He was unconscious for three hours, had to be hospitalized for 10 days. After this period, he still suffers from dizziness but plans to return to work with more caution. Al-Rimawi maintains an active presence on Instagram, where he shares his photographic work and experiences. In addition to the May 2025 incident, al-Rimawi has faced other challenges in his career. Rimawi has been injured 13 times in his career. For instance, on November 7, 2024, Israeli occupation forces briefly detained him at the Ennab checkpoint east of Tulkarm, searching his vehicle and camera equipment. english.wafa.ps Al-Rimawi's dedication to photojournalism has made him a prominent figure in documenting the realities of life under occupation, and his work continues to shed light on the experiences of Palestinians in the region.  *Rimawi at home in El Bireh, this week. While witnessing and documenting life in the West Bank for 20 years, he's been wounded 13 times, usually lightly.Credit: Alex Levac* **On May 28 to 30:** Israeli soldiers invaaded the village of Mugghayyir in order to demolish houses, using Hyundai excavators. **On May 29:** Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned lands at the entrance to the village of Al-Mughayyir **On June 2, 2025**, an Israeli settler, under the protection of Israeli forces, stormed the "Abu Hammam" gathering in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, at dawn. He assaulted the family and solidarity activists before seizing two phones from the site.

‘Al-Mughayyir (Arabic: المغيّر) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 27 kilometers Northeast of Ramallah and 34 kilometers Southeast of Nablus, in the northern West Bank’. Al-Mughayyir is a Palestinian village with a population of approximately 4,500 residents as of 2024. (This is a different place than the close Bedouin village ethnically cleansed on May 22, 2025, with an estimated distance of approximately 10 to 15 kilometers separating them : The both villages have been subjected to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, but these two communities are distinct in their demographics and specific circumstances) The village of al-Mughayyir, located northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, has been experiencing escalating violence and hardship, primarily due to intensified Israeli settler attacks and military actions, Particularly since the beginning of May 2025, when harassment and violence have been occurring on a daily basis. Al-Mughayyir has long been a flashpoint due to its proximity to unlawful Israeli settlements and outposts. The village's residents, primarily farmers and herders, have faced repeated land confiscations and restrictions. According to reports, 94.1% of al-Mughayyir's land is classified as Area C, under full Israeli control, limiting Palestinian development and access. The recent surge in violence has exacerbated the villagers' hardships, leading to loss of life, destruction of property, and heightened insecurity. Human rights organizations have condemned these attacks and called for international intervention to protect Palestinian civilians and hold perpetrators accountable. ### **2024 main incidents:** **On April 12, 2024**, approximately 500 Israeli settlers attacked al-Mughayyir following the disappearance and subsequent death of a 14-year-old Israeli settler. The assailants set homes, vehicles, and even a firetruck ablaze, and assaulted residents with stones and firearms. One resident, Jihad Abu Alia, was killed, and 25 others were injured. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military forces present did not intervene to halt the violence. The following day, settlers returned, injuring three more villagers, one of them seriously. **On May 11, 2024:** Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and agricultural crops in the village of Al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah. ### **2025 main incidents** **On April 6:** Israeli settlers attacked farmer on the road, preventing him to accesss to his fields. **On May 2, 2025:** Israeli forces raided the village and opened fire at Palestinians residents. **On May 3, 2025:** - An Israeli settler came down the hill in the outskirts of the town with a flock of sheep and was joined by another settler with a baby not long after. Both entered the private land of Abu Amjd. - Later in the day, around 3:30 PM, just a few hours after settlers entered the private property of Abu Amjd, two young settlers arrived on an ATV, one of them armed. - The same day, armed Israeli settlers obstructed three Palestinian journalists and an activist while they were documenting ongoing Israeli attacks in the area. The local activist Rabee Abu Naeem was intercepted along with journalists Mohammad Turkman, Karim Khmayseh, and Ahmad Al-Khati by settlers who got out of an ATV while they were filming settlers dismantling tents nearby. The setlers tried to forcibly take the car keys and prevent them from leaving the area. They also attempted to seize the phone used for filming and issued death threats, warning them not to return. According to MANA Center, the two Israeli settlers "*detained a group of journalists in the town of Al-Mughayyir, obstructing their work and threatening to kill or slaughter them if they returned.Freelance journalist MOHAMMAD TURKMAN reported to the MADA Center that he, along with journalist AHMAD AL-KHATIB, KAREEM KHAMAISAH (reporter for Al-Irsal Network), and a local citizen, were in Al-Mughayyir near Ramallah at approximately 4:00PM Saturday to prepare a report on the repeated Israeli incursions into the town. After finishing their report, they learned of the demolition of two tents on the town’s outskirts by Israeli forces and headed to cover the event. They were surprised by a young settler, no older than 15, herding sheep, who immediately called the settlement’s security guard. As the journalists attempted to leave, two settlers arrived—one armed with an automatic rifle. The journalists, who were in a civilian vehicle (not marked as press), were stopped. The settlers questioned their identities and activities. Despite presenting local and international press credentials, the settlers screamed, threatened to summon the police, and held the journalists for about 15 minutes. During the detention, the settlers threatened to shoot and slaughter them, yelling: “Whoever comes here, we will slaughter him” while hurling curses. They were released with a clear threat of death if they returned."* **On May 4, 2025:** In the central West Bank, Israeli paramilitary settlers set fire to agricultural rooms near Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday. According to Amin Abu Aliya, the head of the village council in al-Mughayyir, Israeli paramilitary settlers attacked the “Sahl Sa’i” area between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, and burned agricultural sheds and stables belonging to citizens from the neighboring village of Abu Falah and the town of Turmus Ayya. Abu Aliya stated that settlers are constantly attacking the farmland in the area, burning and vandalizing citizens’ lands and property, and that their attacks are escalating, especially after they recently established a colonial outpost in the area. **On May 6, 2025:** Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al-Mughayyir. They set fields and homes on fire. None of them will be arrested **On May 9, 2025:** - Israeli forces arrested young man Suleiman Abu Aliya during a raid on the village of Al-Mughayyir. - Israeli settlers, accompanied by the soldiers, storm the residents' tents in the Al-Khalaya area of Al-Mughayyir village. **On May 10, 2025:** Israeli settlers, including several children and teenagers, invaded Palestinian properties with ATV and filmed women and activists with their phones. After forcing family, international observers away,soldiers,settlers advanced to front house. They acted with aggression, violence, threatening family with children, as well as those documenting incident.daily reality under military occupation. **On May 15, 2025** On Thursday, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and abducted a woman during an attack by Israeli settlers on the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah. The violence began when settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, targeted the home of Rezeq Abu Naim. As residents attempted to defend the property, the boy was shot in the abdomen, and Fatima Abu Naim, a local resident, was taken by the military. The attackers also physically assaulted another Palestinian woman. Following the incident, larger groups of settlers gathered on a nearby hill, raising concerns about a wider assault.

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have set fire to farmland and sprayed racist slogans in a village near Ramallah :a group of settlers attacked the farm on the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah where they burned a shed and left racist graffiti on the walls in Hebrew. Palestinian civil defence crews were deployed to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported in the attack. Wafa reported that Khirbet Abu Falah, as well as the town of Turmus Aya and the village of al-Mughayyir, all northeast of Ramallah, have been subject to repeated raids by Israeli settlers, who allegedly carried them out under the protection of Israeli soldiers.

**On December 29 & 30,** Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians in the villages of Al-Mughair and Sinjil near Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. - Settlers attacked the outskirts of the village of Al-Mughair from the southern side, assaulted a number of residents. - Then they attacked a Bedouin tent inhabited by Ayham Abu Naim and his family. No injuries were reported. - They stormed rchaeological area in the town of Sinjil, protected by the Israeli occupation army. Source : [1](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241230-israeli-settlers-attack-palestinian-villages-near-ramallah/)

**On November 24**, Israeli forces raided the village of Al-Mughayir (Al-Mughayyir) east of #Ramallah, where they occupied a Palestinian residence, transforming it into military barracks with a flag, today a symbol of occupation and terror.  **On November 26** ~ Israeli occupation forces raid Al-Mughayyir village for the second day in a row, carrying out mass arrests and turning Palestinian homes into military bases. ~ Armed clashes erupted between the resistance fighters. ~ Schools suspended for the second day in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, due to the ongoing raid that has been ongoing for two days ~ Israeli occupation army [threathened](https://x.com/Halexyt/status/1861137689032151269) to the owner of the besieged house in the village of Al -Mughayyir, whe is member of the village council, Marzouq Abu Naim . **His testimony :** “In the presence of the commander of the occupying army and the liaison director, I say that this situation has been going on for a week. The village council [is obliged to] must take full responsibility for everything that is happening. And, since I [Marzouq Abu Naim] am a member of the village council, they will turn my house into an office until the problems and the throwing of stones and lasers in the village stop, because I [Marzouq Abu Naim] am a member of village council. village council". **Context of mass arrest in West Bank** On November 26, Israeli forces arrest 16 Palestinians in round of violent West Bank raids, including two minors, in raids and home invasion campaigns in the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem and Jerusalem (West Bank) since last night, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Israeli forces damaged the detainees’ homes and threatened them and their families. Since October 7, Israeli forces have carried out near-daily raids in the West Bank, making at least 11,800 arrests, it added. [source](https://aje.io/lfclie?update=3349051)