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On May 24, Yafi Barakat, a Palestinian man from the village of Burqin, said his family fearing an attack by Israeli settlers
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"Yafi Barakat, a Palestinian man from the village of Burqin, said these words just yesterday, fearing an attack by Israeli settlers. Tonight, that fear became reality—settlers set his home on fire." - Source
Archivist Notes On This Video
Events:
Palestinian family of Barakat in Burqin forced to leave
On May 25, in the morning, reports were published confirming that the Barakat family in Burqin, Salfit, was forced to leave their home during the night of May 23–24, 2025. According to Al-Jarmaq News, the family was compelled to evacuate due to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers. Additionally, Suribelle reported that Yafi Barakat, along with his wife and children, was forced to leave their home in Burqin, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank. These sources indicate that the Barakat family's displacement was a result of coordinated settler violence, which has been escalating in Burqin over recent days.
For Activstills reporting by the Palestinian Photographer Wahaj Bani Moufleh the house targeted ownes to Mustafa abdlrahman Khater, located just a few meters of a new Israeli outpost
During the night of May 25,while the residents were asleep,gangs of Israeli settlers infiltrated the village of Burqin, west of Salfit in the West Bank, and set fire to their homes with them inside
A Palestinian elderly woman was injured and is receiving first aid after Israeli settlers tried to burn her and her family alive. She was rescued just moments before the flames engulfed their home.
Chronological summary of the events in Bruqin (Burqin) village near Salfit, May 14–24, 2025
** May 14, 2025 – Evening**
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After a shooting attack kills an Israeli settler and injures her husband near Bruqin, the Israeli Forces (IDF) storm the village.
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They raid homes, assault residents, and turn some houses into military posts and interrogation centers.
May 15, 2025 – Morning
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IDF announces seizure of 2,336 dunums of land (2,323 in al-Balata; 13 in al-Fakhakhir and al-Shayyab).
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20 bulldozers begin razing the land.
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In the evening, settlers set up a large tent and raise Israeli flags, declaring a new outpost.
May 16, 2025
- Additional settlers arrive, erecting two more tents on the razed land.
May 17, 2025 – Morning
- IDF announces the killing of Nael Samara, alleged perpetrator of the earlier shooting, after arresting him that day.
May 19, 2025
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IDF demolishes a 3-storey house after forcibly evacuating its residents.
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They take measurements of Nael Samara’s family home, suggesting a pending demolition.
May 21–22, 2025
Ongoing IDF siege of Bruqin includes:
- Closure of village entrances.
- Restriction of movement.
- Closure of shops and main bakery.
- Continued settler violence including attacks, threats, and property seizures.
May 22 pogrom:
- Resident Rakiz Khatir is attacked by 30 settlers while driving.
- Vehicle is stoned, he sustains eye and head injuries.
- IDF allegedly watched but did not intervene.
May 23, 2025 – 22:00 Violent pogrom with several arsons
Coordinated settler attacks on the al-Buq’an area:
- Houses and vehicles set on fire.
- IDF fires tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinians trying to defend themselves.
- 8 people sustain burns, 2 injured by stones, 6+ vehicles and houses burned.
- Israeli soldiers obstructs firefighters and allows violence to continue.
Establishment of an Israeli outpost, Bruqin, 23.5.2025
Photographer: Wahaj Bani Moufleh
Israeli settlers dance to celebrate the establishment of a new outpost, right above Palestinian homes in the village of Bruqin, west of the city of Salfit in the West Bank, May 23, 2025. The previous night, Israeli settlers seized Palestinian land, attempted to burn Palestinian houses, sat fire to agricultural land, raised Israeli flags, and began constructing a settlement outpost after a settler was killed in a shooting attack near the village on May 14.
Bruqin, 23.5.2025 Photographer: Wahaj Bani Moufleh
The vandalized roof of the Palestinian home of Mustafa Khater after Israeli settlers established a new outpost, seen at the background, located right above Palestinian homes
Ongoing Situation (as of May 24, 2025)
Bruqin remains under siege while soldiers and settlers continue:
- Land confiscation and settlement expansion.
- Raids and collective punishment.
- Communication with villagers is limited due to restrictions.
Human rights groups (e.g. PCHR) condemn the actions and call for international accountability.
On May 25, in the morning, reports were published confirming that the Barakat family in Burqin, Salfit, was forced to leave their home during the night of May 23–24, 2025. According to Al-Jarmaq News, the family was compelled to evacuate due to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers. Additionally, Suribelle reported that Yafi Barakat, along with his wife and children, was forced to leave their home in Burqin, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank. These sources indicate that the Barakat family's displacement was a result of coordinated settler violence, which has been escalating in Burqin over recent days.
For Activstills reporting by the Palestinian Photographer Wahaj Bani Moufleh the house targeted ownes to Mustafa abdlrahman Khater, located just a few meters of a new Israeli outpost
During the night of May 25,while the residents were asleep,gangs of Israeli settlers infiltrated the village of Burqin, west of Salfit in the West Bank, and set fire to their homes with them inside
A Palestinian elderly woman was injured and is receiving first aid after Israeli settlers tried to burn her and her family alive. She was rescued just moments before the flames engulfed their home.
Chronological summary of the events in Bruqin (Burqin) village near Salfit, May 14–24, 2025
** May 14, 2025 – Evening**
-
After a shooting attack kills an Israeli settler and injures her husband near Bruqin, the Israeli Forces (IDF) storm the village.
-
They raid homes, assault residents, and turn some houses into military posts and interrogation centers.
May 15, 2025 – Morning
-
IDF announces seizure of 2,336 dunums of land (2,323 in al-Balata; 13 in al-Fakhakhir and al-Shayyab).
-
20 bulldozers begin razing the land.
-
In the evening, settlers set up a large tent and raise Israeli flags, declaring a new outpost.
May 16, 2025
- Additional settlers arrive, erecting two more tents on the razed land.
May 17, 2025 – Morning
- IDF announces the killing of Nael Samara, alleged perpetrator of the earlier shooting, after arresting him that day.
May 19, 2025
-
IDF demolishes a 3-storey house after forcibly evacuating its residents.
-
They take measurements of Nael Samara’s family home, suggesting a pending demolition.
May 21–22, 2025
Ongoing IDF siege of Bruqin includes:
- Closure of village entrances.
- Restriction of movement.
- Closure of shops and main bakery.
- Continued settler violence including attacks, threats, and property seizures.
May 22 pogrom:
- Resident Rakiz Khatir is attacked by 30 settlers while driving.
- Vehicle is stoned, he sustains eye and head injuries.
- IDF allegedly watched but did not intervene.
May 23, 2025 – 22:00 Violent pogrom with several arsons
Coordinated settler attacks on the al-Buq’an area:
- Houses and vehicles set on fire.
- IDF fires tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinians trying to defend themselves.
- 8 people sustain burns, 2 injured by stones, 6+ vehicles and houses burned.
- Israeli soldiers obstructs firefighters and allows violence to continue.
Establishment of an Israeli outpost, Bruqin, 23.5.2025
Photographer: Wahaj Bani Moufleh
Israeli settlers dance to celebrate the establishment of a new outpost, right above Palestinian homes in the village of Bruqin, west of the city of Salfit in the West Bank, May 23, 2025. The previous night, Israeli settlers seized Palestinian land, attempted to burn Palestinian houses, sat fire to agricultural land, raised Israeli flags, and began constructing a settlement outpost after a settler was killed in a shooting attack near the village on May 14.
Bruqin, 23.5.2025 Photographer: Wahaj Bani Moufleh
The vandalized roof of the Palestinian home of Mustafa Khater after Israeli settlers established a new outpost, seen at the background, located right above Palestinian homes
Ongoing Situation (as of May 24, 2025)
Bruqin remains under siege while soldiers and settlers continue:
- Land confiscation and settlement expansion.
- Raids and collective punishment.
- Communication with villagers is limited due to restrictions.
Human rights groups (e.g. PCHR) condemn the actions and call for international accountability.
Translation of the testimonies
"Yafi Barakat: How can I bring a 2 year old kid to sleep here, where's the safety he'll sleep in?
The woman: If we open the window we feel like we're living in the settlement because of how close they are to us and from how many of them are roaming the area around us.
Yafi Barakat :No, where, here?! (Living here, are you serious?! tone) tsk. I am citizen yafi fadi mohammad barakat, a bruqin resident, living in the area of khalayil(usually olive groves, which are usually on the edges of Palestinian villages/towns), on the edge of brukhin settlement where the jews [israelis] set up tents for them next to my house and the israeli soldiers have forced me to migrate from my home since around 10 days.I have no safety at home at all. THey are daily coming down to this houses here to pray. They pray their prayers here and I have pictures documenting it. My internal windows in the home, they broke it, the door here is also ripped apart and broken, it's loose they can at any moment knock it down and enter my home <interviewer asks : how many kids do you have? I have 8 ki-- 5 kids, the eldest is 8 years old. There is no safety whatsoever, I came here yesterday with my father, we do not have safety. How can I bring a child of 2 years old to sleep here, wheres his safety? What we're asking for is protection to protect our homes and our kids so we can go back to our lives and be able to go back to our homes and live our normal lives. Right now while we're filming the interview with the TV channel, the occupation army soldiers have forced me to leave and enter my home so they do not appear in the picutres.
The woman: There is no protection, no space whatsoever to live in your home normally because the location now is so scary. We as a village we've been for around 10 days getting raids and attacks by the settlers and the army in an unnatural(crazy) way. Yesterday they announced that there's a curfew as if that is life as normal. The settlers attacked, they burnt the houses and homes and destroyed the homes. Here in my brothers home Yafi Fahed Barakat, this house had the windows broken and we fixed them and the house so we can come back and live here. It didnt work out the settlers attacked us and chased us out of the house and we have kids, our oldest kid is 8 years old, 5 kids, the youngest is 2. These children can't live here because there's no safety here because the settlers are standing in front of the steps to the house 24 hours where we were filming and they banned us from filming there. We are right now living in terror and fear. There is no protection, there is no safety for us as there is only one street lane between us. Right now they are 24 7 coming down to the house trying to break in and burn it. And we are trying as much as we can to protect the home. It is also hard for us to stay here because we dont have any relatives we know around this year as we live on the other side of Brukin(meaning away from Khalayil area). So we are trying and coming here every day to protect the home. On this door we put couches so it becomes harder to break in. As you can see on this door, from the amount of kicking and hitting the door, I think if they tried some more it would eventually open. So the house is very dangerous. If for youth to protect it or for children to sleep in it. It is not a place of habitat or sleep."
Translation MK
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