Two Palestinians killed, lands seized amid IOF escalation in West Bank
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Israeli settlers and occupation forces escalate violence in the West Bank, seizing land in Idhna, demolishing homes near Beit Lahm, and killing two Palestinians.
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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Jamil Hanani, 17, who was killed after being shot in the chest in an Israeli raid, according to health authorities, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 (AP)
The Israeli occupation and its settlers continue to carry out attacks against Palestinian civilians and their properties in the West Bank, in an ongoing effort to assert control over the land and expand settlements.
On Monday, settlers seized agricultural lands belonging to residents of the town of Idhna, west of the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank, after plowing them in preparation to take control, according to a local official.
Jaber Tmeizi, the mayor of Idhna, stated that the settlers plowed hundreds of dunams of the town’s agricultural lands with the support of the Israeli army, which fired tear gas and sound grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinians who attempted to resist them.
Additionally, Israeli authorities issued a military order to uproot trees from lands in two villages west of Ramallah in the West Bank. According to local sources, the order calls for the removal and uprooting of trees from areas in Ras Karkar and Kafr Ni’ma for military purposes, targeting a land area of approximately 15 dunams.
'Israel' demolishes homes in Ramallah
In the context of Israeli attacks on Palestinian property, occupation authorities demolished two inhabited homes in the village of al-Walaja, west of Beit Lahm, claiming construction without permits.
Khedr al-Aaraj, the head of al-Walaja village council, reported that the occupation forces, backed by military reinforcements, stormed the village and stationed themselves in the Ain Juwayza area before proceeding to demolish two occupied homes belonging to the Abu Rizq and Rasem families, each measuring about 80 square meters, with one housing nine people and the other two.
During the war on Gaza, Israeli occupation authorities carried out 1,014 demolition operations in the West Bank, targeting 3,679 structures, including 1,288 inhabited homes and 244 uninhabited ones, along with 962 agricultural facilities, and issued 1,667 demolition notices for Palestinian buildings and structures, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority.
'Israel' kills two Palestinians in Nablus, al-Khalil
Earlier on Monday, two Palestinians were killed, one a teenager who succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted by occupation forces east of Nablus, and the other shot by a settler in al-Khalil, in the southern occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that 17-year-old Jamil Hannani died from his severe injuries after being shot during clashes between occupation forces and Palestinian youths on Sunday evening in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
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— Warfare Analysis (@warfareanalysis) November 2, 2025
Palestinian Ministry of Health: The Palestinian boy Jamil Atef Hannani, 17 years old, Has died after he was shot by Israeli army in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus. Occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/w5zTXHW9iq
Local sources reported that a settler shot 35-year-old Ahmad Rabhi Adais al-Atrash near the northern entrance to al-Khalil, while settlers closed off the area before his death was announced.
Young Palestinian man Ahmad Rabhi al-Atrash was killed after being shot in the head with live ammunition fired directly at him by a colonist at the northern entrance to Hebron, near the bypass road. pic.twitter.com/Wx15MatTTo
— WAFA News Agency - English (@WAFANewsEnglish) November 3, 2025
In parallel with the Israeli war on Gaza, the occupation army and settlers carried out widespread attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,057 Palestinians, injuries to 10,000 others, and the detention of more than 20,000 people, including 1,600 children.
