West Bankers face the largest displacement since 1967
Israeli operations have displaced at least 31,919 Palestinian from Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps and surrounding areas—the largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967 .
Over the past 30 days, Israel and the broader zionist movement have intensified their systematic campaign of territorial control and Palestinian erasure across the occupied West Bank. Israel has conducted 1,503 invasions in Palestinian communities, arresting 691 Palestinians. Palestinians who have been charged face the harrowing fear of being beaten, starved, and systematically raped (for a complete account, see Electronic Intifada’s reporting here). Israel’s military domination over Palestinian life represents the operational backbone of settler-colonial expansion, creating conditions that facilitate demographic elimination and replacement and territorial fragmentation. Because of the nature of Israel’s conscript army, military indoctrination serves as a space of synergy where liberal zionists of 48 Palestine work in formal coordination with the settler movement in the West Bank to facilitate the processes of native elimination.
As such, the settler violence in the West Bank alone has reached alarming levels, with 450 documented attacks (an average of 15 daily), operating as a paramilitary extension of state and zionist power. These attacks function within Israel’s broader architecture of indigenous dispossession, as armed settlers act with impunity to terrorize Palestinian communities and seize land. In an attempt to confront settler violence, humanitarian and activist groups, including the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the International Solidarity Movement, among others, deployed over 500 volunteers, distributed agricultural equipment, and facilitated harvesting for 249 farmers across 31 communities.
However, the impunity with which the zionist movement operates has rendered international methods of “protective presence” close to nil. Between October 1 and November 10, Israeli settlers launched 167 attacks against Palestinians during the olive harvest season, targeting 87 villages and towns across the West Bank. These attacks injured approximately 151 Palestinians (83 by settlers and the remainder by Israeli forces). They included assaults on farmers in their groves or while traveling to their land, theft of crops and harvesting equipment, and widespread destruction of agricultural property. Settlers also injured eight Israeli and international volunteers who were providing “protective presence” to Palestinian farmers in Nablus governorate. Settler violence vandalized over 5,700 trees and saplings, predominantly olive trees that form the economic backbone of Palestinian rural communities. The Israeli state also deported some 32 activists to prevent them from supporting the Palestinian olive harvest further.
This type of methodical violence waged against millions of Palestinians in the West Bank can only be maintained by the power of the state through mass incarceration campaigns and collective punishment through community lockdowns. That data reveals this synergy. Year-to-date statistics show 9,486 arrests (an average of 26 per day), 3,126 settler attacks (averaging 9 per day), 6,649 road closures (averaging 24 per day), the establishment of 434 temporary checkpoints (averaging 14 daily) and 180 closures of entrances/exits, fragmenting Palestinian territory into isolated enclaves and disrupting economic activity, social cohesion, and freedom of movement. These are critical mechanics of settler-colonial spatial control. The recent surge in settler attacks, nearly doubling the annual daily average, signals escalating violence, despite Trump heralding a new era of peace. This data does not reveal isolated incidents or a de-escalation of zionist violence, but a comprehensive settler-colonial project operating unimpeded: military force enables civilian settlement expansion, infrastructure destruction prevents Palestinian development, and systematic violence creates conditions for voluntary and forced displacement. All of this is designed for the ultimate goal of indigenous erasure. The northern West Bank further exemplifies these processes.
This year, Israeli forces have conducted operations across refugee camps that have created the largest refugee crisis in the West Bank since 1967. Recent UNOSAT satellite imagery analysis revealed that Israel destroyed, severely damaged, or moderately damaged 676 structures (52% of all structures) in Jenin Camp, 382 structures (48%) in Nur Shams, and 402 structures (36%) in Tulkarm. Since January 2025, Israeli operations have generated the longest displacement in nearly 60 years (not including the genocide in Gaza), displacing at least 31,919 Palestinian refugees from Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps and surrounding areas.
Between November 4th and 10th, OCHA documented the demolition of 25 structures for lacking Israeli permits, displacing 43 people, including 14 children. In Qatanna village, demolitions displaced six households comprising 26 people. More than 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced by lack-of-permit demolitions in 2025. Between January and November, 208 structures were demolished in East Jerusalem, displacing 503 Palestinians, including 242 children; owners themselves demolished 69% to avoid additional fines.
On November 9th, Israeli police forcibly evicted two families (nine people, including three children) from their building in Batn al Hawa, Silwan, where they’d lived for over 50 years. Over two years, eight families (36 people, including 20 children) have been evicted from Batn al Hawa. About 90 families (over 400 people) remain at risk due to eviction lawsuits by the Ateret Cohanim settler organization. At least 243 Palestinian households in East Jerusalem face eviction cases, placing over 1,000 people at risk.
These processes of violence, which the Israeli state has coined as “voluntary migration”, pave the way for mass settlement expansion.
On Wednesday, 5 November 2025, the Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration discussed plans for 1,973 housing units across the West Bank, including 1,288 units in two isolated northern settlements: 720 units in Avnei Hefetz (not far from the mass demolitions in Tulkarm) and 568 units in Einav.
Since November 2024, the Higher Planning Council has shifted to weekly meetings to advance settlement housing projects. This weekly approval process normalizes and accelerates construction in the Palestinian West Bank. Since the beginning of 2025, including this week’s plans, the council has advanced a total of 28,183 housing units — a record high.
In June 2023, the Netanyahu-Smotrich government eliminated the requirement for defense minister approval at each stage of settlement plan advancement. Previously, the defense minister had limited approvals to approximately four times a year, with thousands of units approved in single sessions. The shift to weekly meetings with smaller approval batches seeks to normalize settlement planning while attracting less public and international scrutiny.
West Bank Daily Report - November 11, 2025
Jerusalem Governorate
Israeli forces established temporary checkpoints between al-Eizariya and Abu Dis at 18:00, and at the al-Tur neighborhood entrance (20:00-21:00), searching vehicles and verifying identities.
At 13:15, Israeli forces stormed Kafr Aqab and confiscated two bulldozers from a vehicle site before withdrawing at 13:55. They also raided Hizma at 17:45, and al-Eizariya and Abu Dis at 23:30, arresting siblings Samer and Muhammad Sanqouba before withdrawing at 05:45.
At 20:30, Israeli forces guarding the apartheid wall adjacent to al-Eizariya fired stun grenades and tear gas toward homes.
At 08:00, extremist settlers, under police protection, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards and conducted provocative tours. At 14:00, forces stormed the Bab al-Rahma cemetery adjacent to al-Aqsa’s eastern wall and destroyed several grave markers.
On November 10, Israeli authorities began paving a new street in the Jabal al-Tira area near Beit Daqu for a new settlement outpost.
Ramallah Governorate
Israeli forces established multiple temporary checkpoints throughout the day: Taybeh entrance (13:35-15:00), al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya entrance (15:10-16:50), al-Mughir village entrance (20:05-22:00), and under the Deir Dibwan bridge (20:35-22:00).
At 10:55, Israeli forces stormed Beitunia and arrested one resident. They also raided al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya (14:35), Kobar (15:45), al-Bireh (16:10, repeated at 00:35 until 01:30), Beit Ur al-Fawqa (23:05-01:30), and Deir Ammar and Bitello villages at 06:35.
On the afternoon of November 10, settlers, protected by occupation forces, entered al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya outskirts, surrounded the home of Hassan Sandouqa, and detained his children and wife before withdrawing. At 22:30, settlers erected barbed wire fencing around land areas in Taybeh.
Jenin Governorate
Since 12:20 on January 28, 2025, occupation forces have maintained their assault on Jenin city and camp, firing live ammunition at residents. Operations continued as of report time. At 14:20, Israeli forces raided Tura and Zabada villages. At 18:30, they stormed Ya’bad and raided three homes. At 19:05, forces entered al-Yamoun and al-Sila al-Harithiya.
On November 10, forces fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas at residents during the ongoing assault.
Tubas Governorate
At 23:05, occupation forces stormed Aqaba, delivering a demolition notice for a two-story house owned by the family of prisoner Ayman Najeh Ghanem. They arrested Mahmoud Ghassan Mahmoud Ghannam before withdrawing at 03:15.
On the evening of November 9, settlers in Khirbet al-Farisiya demolished a residential tent belonging to one family and destroyed crops owned by Muhammad Hosni Sawafta. At 13:55, settlers grazed livestock on approximately 50 dunams of agricultural land in the Ahmir area, destroying crops owned by Fayek Muhammad Abdel Rahim, Harith Yousef Mustafa Dhabayat, Salah Youssef Mustafa Dhabayat, Qarih Abu al-Zayt, and Youssef Jamil Dhabayat. At 17:55, settlers stormed Khirbet Makhoul, provoking residents.
Tulkarm Governorate
Since January 28, 2025, occupation forces have maintained their assault on Tulkarm city and the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, firing at residents, raiding homes, and occupying buildings as military positions. Operations continued as of report time. At 14:30, forces raided Qaffin, Baqa al-Sharqiya, and Nazlet Issa.
On November 10, Israeli forces fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas while raiding homes during the ongoing assault.
Qalqilya Governorate
Israeli orces established a checkpoint at the city’s eastern entrance (13:10-13:35). They stormed Azzun (19:10-19:40), al-Funduq and Jinsafut villages at 21:25, and Kafr Qaddum at 07:35.
Nablus Governorate
Israeli forces conducted multiple raids: Ain Shibli village (10:55), Half Jbeil and Ignisnia villages (13:05), Beita (15:10), Majdal Bani Fadel (16:10), Nablus city with Balata and Askar camps (00:40-02:40), and Jama’in and Zeta Jama’in (07:45).
At 18:00, occupation forces bulldozed land planted with olive trees in the Khalayel area near Beita’s bypass road, uprooting several trees.
At 09:55, settlers in Khirbet al-Tawil area of Aqraba attacked residents grazing sheep, attempting to force them from the area. At 10:15, settlers attacked residents harvesting olives in Jama’in. At 13:35, settlers set fire to agricultural lands owned by Hamza Salama and Adel Salama in the al-Dhahra area near Beita.
Salfit Governorate
Occupation forces established temporary checkpoints at Deir Istiya’s western entrance (13:55-15:00) and Qarawat Bani Hassan entrance (21:40-23:00). They raided Burqin and Kafr al-Dik (13:15-14:30), and Kifl Haris, Deir Istiya, Qarawat Bani Hassan, and Haris village at 21:15.
At 10:55, settlers entered agricultural lands in the al-Yanbou area of Farkha village, attacking residents harvesting olives and stealing fruit from trees owned by Abdel Muti Hajjaj. At 14:40, settlers, protected by forces, expelled approximately 40 residents from their lands in the al-Batin area of Farkha, preventing them from harvesting olives.
Jericho Governorate
Israeli forces established checkpoints at the city’s northern entrance (15:25, repeated at 22:00 until 02:00) and eastern entrance (17:10-18:00). They stormed the city at 01:55, conducting patrols until 02:50.
At 13:55, settlers stormed the al-Auja Waterfall community, grazing livestock among residents’ homes.
Bethlehem Governorate
Occupation forces established multiple checkpoints: at the southern entrance of al-Minya village (09:20-12:30), at the bridge in Dar Salah village (17:20), at the entrance of al-Shawara village (17:25), and at the entrance of Jourat al-Shamaa village (19:45-20:25).
Occupation forces raided al-Ubaidiyah, Zaatara, Dar Salah, and al-Shawara (08:25-11:10), al-Khader (21:45-22:20), Marah Rabah (03:30-04:20), and Dar Salah at 07:50, arresting 17-year-old Ahmed Mustafa Hamamra from Husan village.
At 12:00, Israeli forces at the Container checkpoint severely beat paramedic Ismail Abdullah Dargham, driver of a Mental and Psychological Hospital ambulance, causing injuries requiring hospitalization at Beit Jala government hospital.
At 09:15, settlers began bulldozing land in Kisan village to construct a settlement road for the “Epi Hanahel” outpost, seizing land owned by Mahmoud Youssef Awadallah.
Hebron Governorate
Occupation forces established a checkpoint on Halhul bridge (11:00-12:00).
At noon on November 10, Israeli forces stormed Beit Ula, clashing with residents, wounding one person, and arresting Muhannad al-Amleh. They also raided Hebron city at 16:20 (repeated at 06:35 with house searches) and Bani Naim (22:00-01:35).
At 15:50, occupation forces arrested five residents protesting settler attacks on land in western Idna: Mufid Ahmed al-Tarman, Nasser Mahmoud al-Tarman, Radi Hilmi al-Tarman, Sharif Shaker al-Tarman, and Sharif Ibrahim al-Shrof.
At 19:30, Israeli forces near the Hagai settlement entrance south of Hebron opened fire on a passing vehicle, wounding and arresting Abdel Aziz Abdel Hamid al-Jamal.