Ramallah, November 4, 2025: The head of the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Minister Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, stated that Israeli occupation forces and colonizers carried out a total of 2350 assaults during the month of October, in an ongoing cycle of terror perpetuated by the occupation state against the Palestinian people, their lands, and property.
In the commission’s monthly report titled "Occupation Violations and Colonial Expansion Measures," Mr. Sha’ban explained that the occupation army was responsible for 1584 assaults, while colonizers carried out 766 assaults. The majority of these assaults were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah with 542 assaults, Nablus with 412 assaults, and Hebron with 401 assaults.
He noted that the assaults ranged from direct physical assaults, uprooting of trees, burning of fields, preventing olive pickers from reaching their lands, seizing property, and demolishing homes and agricultural facilities. On the other hand, the occupation forces are closing large areas of land under the pretext of enforcing “security”, while the colonizers are granted expansion within said lands.
He also noted that these escalating assaults confirm that what is occurring is not a series isolated occasions, rather they are part and parcel of an organized strategy that aims to displace the land’s indigenous people and enforce a fully racist colonial regime.
The Martyrdom of a Citizen at the Hands of Colonizers and the Uprooting of 1200 Trees
Mr. Sha'ban highlighted that colonizer assaults, that reached a total of 766 assaults, is considered one of the peaks of colonizer terror attacks that targeted Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities. They were mostly concentrated in the Ramallah governorate, with 195 assaults, followed by Nablus with 179, and Hebron with 126 assaults.
He added that this great number of colonizer assaults mostly targeted the olive pickers on Palestinian lands and can only be viewed through the lens of ‘state terror’, orchestrated in the dark backrooms of the occupation government while colonizers militias carry out these terror attacks in complete and utter disregard for the most basic of human rights and ethics. He added that these crimes require a firm international stance that protects the Palestinian people and saves the world from its continuous moral shortcomings.
Mr. Sha’ban also pointed out that colonizer assaults led to the martyrdom of a Palestinian citizen from the Deir Jareer Town. The martyr, 26-year-old Jihad Mohammad ‘Ajaj, was directly shot at by colonizers. With his death, the number of Palestinian citizens who were martyred due to colonizers’ gunfire since the beginning of 2025 to 14.
He added that the colonizers also carried out 352 acts of vandalism and theft of Palestinian property, affecting large areas of land. Colonizer attacks, with the assistance of the Israeli occupation army, also caused the uprooting, destruction, and poisoning of 1200 trees, all olive trees. These assaults against olive trees were distributed across governorates as follows: 352 in Hebron, 320 in Ramallah, 150 in Tubas, 130 in Qalqilya, 237 in Nablus, and 10 in Bethlehem.
Attempt to Establish 7 New Colonial Outposts
Mr. Sha'ban stated that colonizers have attempted to establish 7 new colonial outposts since early October, most of which have been agricultural and pastoral in nature. These included 3 attempts in the Hebron Governorate, and 4 attempts in the Nablus Governorate. He also emphasized that the intensifying efforts to establish colonial outposts during this stage could only occur under clear instructions given from the political leadership to further fragment Palestinian geography and impose facts on the ground. The colonizers take on the task of creating changes on the ground, after which the official authorities step in to legitimize and cement these changes, transforming them into colonial sites that receive full services.
Seizure of 245 Dunums of Citizens’ Land
Mr. Sha’ban added that in October, the occupation authorities also seized a total of 244.816 dunums of Palestinian land via 13 military seizure orders. These orders were aimed at establishing buffer zones around colonies in the governorates of Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilyah, Salfit, and Tulkarm, in addition to establishing barbed-wire fences and colonial roads. In some of these orders, areas were designated as state lands, other orders, that were issued in 2005 and 2006, were amended by including additional areas to them to further tighten the closure around colonies, under the pretext of creating buffer zones.
Demolition of 28 Facilities and Notification to Demolish 30 Others
Mr. Sha'ban pointed out that during October, the occupation authorities carried out 25 demolitions, destroying a total of 28 facilities, including 15 inhabited homes, 2 uninhabited homes, and 11 agricultural facilities. The demolitions were concentrated in the following governorates: Tubas with 7 facilities, Salfit with 4 facilities, and Hebron with 3 facilities. Mr. Sha'ban also revealed that the occupation authorities issued 30 demolition notifications for Palestinian facilities, as part of the ongoing campaign to restrict Palestinian construction and the natural growth of villages and towns—an effort that has recently intensified through widespread demolition operations. The notifications were mainly concentrated in the Hebron Governorate with 20 notifications, followed by 8 demolition notifications in the Jerusalem Governorate, and 1 demolition notification in Bethlehem and Jenin each.
Study of 19 Master Plans for Colonies
Mr. Sha’ban added that in October, the planning authorities of the occupying state reviewed 19 master plans in favor of colonies in the West Bank and Jerusalem (within municipal boundaries). 12 plans were studied for the West Bank colonies while 7 were studied for Jerusalem colonies (within municipal boundaries).
He added that the occupation authorities approved 8 master plans for West Bank colonies (including the publication of approvals for two plans related to the E1 project) and deposited 4 additional plans for future approval. Through these measures, approval was granted for the construction of 3,524 new colonial units on an area estimated at 2,233.138 dunums.
Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Municipality approved 2 plans and submitted five others for later approval concerning colonies within the boundaries of the occupation municipality in Jerusalem, comprising 1,205 colonial units on an estimated area of 28.549 dunums of Palestinian land.