Ramallah, March 28, 2026: The head of the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC), Mu’ayyad Shaa’ban, declared that colonizers carried out 443 attacks in March 2026 following the outbreak of the current conflict and regional tensions. He noted that this escalation represents a clear exploitation of the prevailing unrest to intensify attacks on Palestinian villages and communities. Mr. Sha'ban explained that these attacks were characterized by a higher degree of organization, including direct gunfire against civilians, arson attacks on homes and property, and attempts to impose new realities on the ground. He added that these attacks are part of a broader strategy aimed at taking advantage of regional and international distractions to accelerate fundamental changes in the geographic and demographic landscape of the West Bank, at the expense of the Palestinian presence and the entrenchment of colonial projects.
Mr. Sha’ban also highlighted that the attacks were concentrated in Nablus Governorate, which witnessed 108 attacks, followed by Hebron Governorate, which was subjected to 99 attacks, and Ramallah Governorate, where 76 attacks were recorded. Meanwhile, 32 attacks were recorded in Bethlehem, 24 attacks in Jerusalem, and 23 attacks in Salfit, as well as several attacks in Jericho and Qalqilia.
Mr. Shaa’ban reported in a report issued by the Commission that the past four weeks have seen bloody terrorist attacks resulting in the martyrdom of nine citizens due to attacks by terrorist colonizers.
On March 2, 2026, a group of colonizers stormed the eastern area of the village of Qaryut in Nablus Governorate and opened fire on Palestinian citizens, killing brothers Muhammad Muammar (25 years old) and Fahim Muammar (47 years old), and wounding three others.
On March 7, 2026, a group of colonizers opened fire on Palestinian shepherds while they were grazing their sheep in al Rakhim valley area in Masafer Yatta in Hebron Governorate. This attack resulted in the martyrdom of the citizen Amir Shanaran (27 years old) and the injury of his brother, Khalid.
On March 8, 2026, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, colonizers attacked the village of Khirbet Abu Falah in Ramallah al Bireh Governorate. They opened fire on Palestinian citizens, prompting Israeli forces to intervene with live ammunition, rubber coated bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas. This violence led to the martyrdom of three Palestinians: Thaer Hamayel (24 years old), Fares Hamayel (57 years old), and Muhammad Murra (55 years old), who died from cardiac arrest caused by inhaling tear gas before reaching the hospital. Four other Palestinians were injured: Muath al-Khatib, Jihad Murra, Zaid Hamayel, and Fadi Nazzal.
On March 19, a group of colonizers attacked Ayed Arar (55 years old) in Qarawa Bani Zeid in Salfit Governorate, causing him to suffer a heart attack that resulted in his immediate martyrdom.
On March 26, a group of colonizers opened fire on a group of Palestinians in Janata, east of Bethlehem, killing Muhammad Faraj al Malhi (37 years old) from the village of Sharafat in Jerusalem and injuring others.
Mr. Shaa’ban also added that a recent wave of colonial attacks has resulted in the forced displacement of six Palestinian Bedouin communities over the past month. This has affected 58 families, comprising 256 individuals, including 79 women and 166 children. The details are as follows:
- On March 8, a group of colonizers forcibly displaced the Yarza community in the northern Jordan Valley, which includes 11 families, including 69 individuals, consisting of 21 women and 40 children.
- On March 7, a group of colonizers forcibly displaced the eastern Aqaba community in the Jordan Valley, which includes nine families comprising 38 individuals, including 14 women and 16 children.
- On March 6, a group of colonizers forcibly displaced 13 families from Khirbet Shakara near the village of Duma in Nablus Governorate. This displacement involved 59 individuals, including 19 women and 35 children.
- On March 5, the colonizers forcibly displaced four families from the Arab al Zawahra community in Nablus Governorate, incuding 25 individuals, with 11 women and 15 children.
- On March 16, amidst attacks and threats from colonizers, six families, totaling 47 individuals, including 26 children, were forcibly displaced from the Fasayil al Wusta community.
- On March 15, a group of colonizers forcibly displaced 15 families from Samra community in the northern Jordan Valley, amounting to 91 individuals, including 39 children, to another location.
Mr. Shaa’ban also explained that since the beginning of March, colonizers have attempted to establish 14 new colonial outposts as part of a series of measures aimed at strengthening their presence on the ground, which official institutions are working to normalize. This represents a functional exchange between the occupation government and colonial militias.
On March 10, in the Itweil al-Sheikh area of Hebron Governorate, colonizers erected tents and livestock pens and brought a flock of sheep to Masafer Yatta.
On March 11, in Beit Iksa in Jerusalem Governorate, 40 colonizers, accompanied by four trucks and a bulldozer, established a colonial outpost. They began bulldozing land and erecting facilities in preparation for its establishment.
On March 9, in the village of Abu Falah in Ramallah Governorate, colonizers established a new colonial tent on the lands of the village, just meters from the site of the colonial attack that resulted in the martyrdom of three Palestinians.
On March 11, in Turmusa’ya in Ramallah Governorate, a group of colonizers rebuilt a tent that the occupation army had previously demolished the day before in the lands of Turmusa’ya.
On March 8, in Yasuf area of Salfit Governorate, a group of colonizers placed a mobile home in Wadi Yasuf after paving a road that confiscated dozens of dunams of Palestinian land.
Also on March 8, in Qaryut, south of Nablus, a group of colonizers rebuilt an outpost, bulldozed land, uprooted trees, and erected tents in the area.
On March 10, in Al Lubban ash Sharqiya, Nablus Governorate, a group of colonizers stormed the area opposite Al-Zaytouna University, which is situated between Al Lubban ash Sharqiya and Salfit, and erected a tent. They subsequently drove several ATVs into the land adjacent to the university campus.
Similarly, on March 11, on the summit of Mount Ebal, a group of colonizers established a new colonial outpost north of Nablus, with the participation of the Samaria Settlement Council and the settlement movement "Amana." On March 16, the colonizers re-established an outpost in the Wadi al Sha’ir area, east of Salfit, and erected new tents on Palestinian-owned land after Israeli forces had previously removed them.
On March 24, in Khallat al Dukhan area of al Dhahiriya, a group of colonizers placed mobile homes (caravans), erected barbed wire around them, and brought a flock of sheep to the site in order to establish a new colonial outpost.
On March 25, a group of colonizers erected a colonial tent in the Einun area near Tubas, close to Palestinian families who had previously been forced to leave various areas in the northern Jordan Valley due to repeated colonial attacks.
Also on March 25, a group of colonizers erected a tent on Palestinian owned land in the Khala'il al Luz area, southeast of the city, belonging to the al Salahat and al-Mawaleh families, near the military hospital.
Additionally, on March 25, a group of colonizers erected a tent near a stone quarry and a concrete plant in the town of al Taybeh, east of Ramallah. On March 26, a group of colonizers stormed the village of Beit Amrin, north of Nablus, and set up tents on citizens' land, which is only 500 meters away from one of the houses.
Mr. Shaa’ban reported that colonizers committed 123 acts of vandalism against Palestinian property and crops, which included bulldozing lands. Additionally, 18 attacks resulted in fires being set to Palestinian properties. These attacks included six fires in Nablus, four in both Ramallah and Hebron, and one each in Qalqilia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Jenin. There were also three attacks on holy places, including an attempted arson at “Muhammad Fayyad” Mosque in Duma, south of Nablus, as well as an attack on “Majdal Bani Fadil” Mosque. These incidents occurred alongside ongoing incursions at the Al Aqsa Mosque squares, which have resulted in restricted access for Palestinians.
Mr. Shaa’ban further explained that, during the same period, the Israeli occupation authorities officially approved the construction of a road and related infrastructure on land belonging to Beit Ummar, located northwest of Hebron, bypassing the usual planning procedures. This construction is part of preparations for a new colony named "Ir Karne," which was announced by the Israeli cabinet. This colony will create geographical contiguity between the colonies of Karmei Tzur and Migdal Oz, at the expense of Palestinian land.
During the same period, the Israeli occupation authorities issued 12 confiscation orders for military and security purposes, seizing 225 dunams of Palestinian land in the governorates of Ramallah, Jenin, Jerusalem, Jericho, Tubas, Nablus, and Salfit. These confiscations were aimed at constructing military roads and establishing military outposts and buffer zones. The largest of these orders, numbered T/3/26, confiscated 128 dunams of land in the town of Arraba in the Jenin governorate for the establishment of a military outpost. Another order, numbered T/37/26, targeted the lands of Al Mazra'a Al-Sharqiya, Silwad, and Deir Jarir, confiscating 41 dunams to create a security buffer zone around Jabal Al Asur.
Additionally, the Israeli occupation authorities issued 27 military orders under the pretext of "security measures," mandating the removal of trees from 1,391 dunams of Palestinian owned land. These orders were distributed across several governorates: Ramallah (12 orders), Jenin (3 orders), and Qalqilia, Tulkarm, Nablus, Salfit, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem (2 orders each). The largest of these orders, numbered 9/26, targeted the tree cover of 380 dunams in the villages of Silwad, Atara, and Ein Sinya, located north of Ramallah. Other orders affected 139 dunams in Ramin, Tulkarm governorate, and 95 dunams in the towns of Beita and Huwara in Nablus governorate.
Mr. Shaa’ban explained that the results of the first month since the outbreak of the regional war reveal an unprecedented escalation in colonizers attacks, accompanied by systematic policies from the Israeli occupation authorities to provide cover and support for these violations. He pointed out that this escalation was not spontaneous but rather a clear exploitation of the international community's and media's preoccupation with the war. This distraction has allowed for intensified attacks and the imposition of new realities on the ground at the expense of Palestinian land and its inhabitants.
Mr. Shaa’ban further elaborated that the increasing pace of attacks, forced displacement operations, and accelerated decisions regarding confiscation and road construction reflect a systematic drive to expand the colonial project. This aims to reshape the geography and demographics of the West Bank within a short period. He warned that continuing this course would undermine any prospects for stability. He reiterated his call for the international community, as well as human rights and humanitarian organizations, to assume their legal and moral responsibilities by taking effective steps to stop these violations and provide protection for the Palestinian people.
The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (WCRC), issued a press release on February 28, 2026, warning against colonizers taking advantage of the current war conditions. They urged the Palestinian people to remain cautious regarding a potential escalation of colonizers' crimes amidst regional tensions, media polarization, and international focus on recent military developments, particularly the war in Iran. The commission highlighted the risk posed by the Israeli occupying state, especially the extremist colonial militias, who may exploit the current political and media climate to carry out systematic terrorist attacks against Palestinian citizens in villages and Bedouin communities.