On January 6, 2025, Israeli settlers called on the public to join a pogrom in the village of Funduq, Qalqilya, in the West Bank. Their invitation reads: "Erase Funduq now". They wrecked havoc on multiple West Bank villages, including Hajjah & Funduq near Qalqilya; burning & attacking homes & vehicles

"Erase Funduq now" "There are no uninvolved! Kill or expel all of them! Everyone's going out today to protest the spilt Jewish blood, and demand: ERASE FUNDUQ NOW! THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WANT REVENGE!" This is from "Hilltop News", the Hilltop Youth's news channel.

This follows explicit incitement the same day by Israel's Finance minister Smotrich to annihilate Jenin, Nablus & Funduq.

Sooner in the day, two Palestinian assaulted a settler bus in Funduq, killing 2 and injured 10. One of those killed in the shooting near Qalqilya is Yaakov Finkelstein, an investigator at the Israeli military station in Ariel settlement. Palestinian sources confirm that he was involved in the brutal torture of Palestinian children.

Then Israeli forces closed the main street near Al-Funduq & Jinsafut, east Qalqilya, around the site of the shooting attack.

On January 7, 2025, Israeli soldiers launched a large-scale raid campaign in the villages around Qalqilya and more broadly across the entire West Bank.

Israeli forces arrested the young Palestinian Hossam Moatasem Masalha in Hajjah Village near Qalqilya.

The attacks followed calls by settlers on social media to carry out assaults on Palestinians after a shooting near the settlement of Kedumim, close to Qalqilya, which left three settlers dead, and nine others wounded.

Sources : linked videos.