Violent attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are escalating, according to the latest UN update from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Two Palestinians were injured, more than 1,400 sheep and goats were stolen or killed, and more than 380 olive and fruit trees were vandalised in 16 Israeli settler attacks carried out between March 4 and 10, according to OCHA’s latest update.

In one attack, Israeli settlers, dressed in what appeared to be military uniforms, descended on Palestinian worshippers while they prayed at a mosque in Khirbet Tana, Nablus. In an attack on Friday, Israeli settlers set fire to two homes leaving two Palestinian families, among them a baby and a toddler, homeless..

The UN update also notes that attacks by Israeli settlers on the Ras Ein al Auja Bedouin community have increased sharply since January 2024, documenting a total of 110 incidents.

The Bedouin community is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements and is regularly targeted in raids on livestock or critical water infrastructure.