‘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’.

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 and intercepted them while they were filming colonists 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.

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.