West Bank, Nablus, Khirbet al-Marajem
13 Mar, 2025 - 14 Mar, 2025
On the night of March 13 to 14, Israeli settlers militia carried out a pogrom in the community of Khirbet Al-Marajim,in the southeast of Nablus near Duma.
- They burned 3 Palestinian homes, belonging to citizens Khaled Daoud, Nasim Muslim, and Nayef Muslim, some with family trapped inside.
- They set fire to the house of Qutaiba Muslim, a Palestinian man just released from Israeli prison after 25 years.
- They burned 2 vehicles belonging to Nayef Muslim
- Worse still, settlers abducted two children, a 4-month-old and a 1.5-year-old. Locals managed to rescue the children.
- According to the head of Doma’s council, Suleiman Dawabsha, the Israeli declared Khirbet Al-Marajim a closed military zone, and prevented the residents of Doma from offering help to the residents of the village.
- They closed the roads connecting Doma to Khirbet al-Marajim and fired live ammunition, tear gas, and sound bombs towards residents who attempted to reach the burning homes to extinguish the flames protecting the settlers.
**Previous violent events**
The village has been for several years a target of attacks by colonists tighter with the occupying forces. Duma has repeatedly been targeted by violent settler attacks. On July 31, 2015, Israeli settlers firebombed a Palestinian family home in the village, killing three people. 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive, while both his parents succumbed to their injuries within weeks.
