Humanitarian Situation Update #303 | West Bank

The Humanitarian Situation Updates on the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank are both issued every Wednesday/Thursday. The Gaza Humanitarian Response Update is issued every other Tuesday. The next Humanitarian Situation Update on the West Bank will be published on 16 or 17 July.

Key Highlights

• In the first week of July, Israeli forces in the West Bank killed five Palestinians, including a child and an elderly man, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2025 to 153.
• Israeli settlers injured nine Palestinians in the first week of July, with 350 injured so far in 2025, or an average of nearly two per day.
• About 120 Palestinians, over half of them children, were forcibly displaced from Al Mu’arrajat East Bedouin community due to Israeli settler attacks; this is the ninth community to be fully displaced in the Ramallah and Jericho areas since January 2023.
• Over 200 students are at risk of losing access to education in Area C, following the displacement of Al Mu’arrajat East where Al Ka’abneh school served 74 students and the issuance of a demolition order against the only school in Jurat al Jamal in the southern Hebron hills that serves 130 students.
• Demolitions continued in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps despite a temporary freeze of demolitions in Tulkarm Camp by the Israeli High Court.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 1 and 7 July, five Palestinians, including a child, were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. During the same period, at least 87 Palestinians, including 15 children, were injured, the majority (78) by Israeli forces and nine by Israeli settlers. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:
  • At dawn on 1 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy during an operation in Ramallah city. According to eyewitnesses and medical sources, Israeli forces raided multiple homes and carried out extensive searches and interrogations. Confrontations erupted, during which Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians who threw stones at the forces. According to local sources, the boy was not involved in the confrontations and was crossing a nearby road with a relative when he was shot. Four Palestinians were arrested from their homes.
  • On 1 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near Adh Dhahiriya town, in Hebron governorate, while he was trying to enter Israel through an informal opening in the Barrier near Meitar checkpoint. Since October 2023, at least 13 Palestinians have been killed and 129 others injured by Israeli forces while attempting to cross through informal openings in the Barrier to access East Jerusalem and Israel. These casualties occurred in 100 documented incidents following the revocation or suspension of most Israeli-issued permits for Palestinian workers and others since 7 October 2023. Of these incidents, 37 have been recorded since the beginning of 2025 alone, resulting in three fatalities and 47 injuries.
  • On 3 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in his sixties in Tulkarm city. The man was a Palestinian refugee who had been displaced at the onset of the Israeli operation in Tulkarm Camp. According to a relative, Israeli forces, positioned in a Palestinian building they had turned into a military post, shot the man on the road between Anabta town and Nur Shams refugee camp while he was riding an electric bicycle on his way to the building where he and his family were temporarily residing. Israeli soldiers then transferred the man to an area known as Mall Ghazal, near Nur Shams Camp. Following coordination with the Palestinian District Coordination Office, the man was transported by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • On 7 July, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian men and injured an elderly man during a raid in Salim village, in Nablus governorate, where they surrounded a house and used loudspeakers to call on a man wanted by the Israeli army to surrender. According to eyewitnesses, the man's father-in-law opened the door and was shot. A neighbour and relative who attempted to assist the injured man was shot and killed. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces then opened fire, sent a drone into the house, and forced another Palestinian to enter the home to reportedly locate the wanted Palestinian, who was later found killed outside the house and his body was withheld by Israeli forces. According to the Israeli military, they shot and killed two men during the operation.
• Between 1 and 7 July, OCHA documented at least 27 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. These attacks led to the injury of 40 Palestinians, including 31 by Israeli forces (all in Beita town in Nablus governorate) and nine by Israeli settlers. In addition, more than 150 olive, almond and apricot trees and grapevines, and 11 vehicles, were vandalized. Key incidents included:
  • Israeli settlers, believed to be from Evyatar settlement outpost, twice raided Beita town, south of Nablus city. On 4 July, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, threw stones toward Palestinians near an agricultural room on the southeast side of the town. When Palestinians gathered to protect the property, Israeli forces opened fire and tear gas cannisters, resulting in the injury of 30 Palestinians due to tear gas inhalation. Israeli settlers subsequently attacked and caused damage to a Palestinian ambulance. The following day, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, threw stones at Palestinian houses on the western side of the town and set fire to vehicles. One Palestinian was injured by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli forces.
  • On the outskirts of Sinjil town and Jiljiliya village, in Ramallah governorate, Israeli settlers, believed to be from a settlement outpost established on Tell Mountain in Area B, attacked Palestinians on at least five occasions between 1 and 5 July, resulting in the injury of seven Palestinians and damage to homes, vehicles, and agricultural structures. On 1 July, Israeli settlers broke into agricultural lands in southern Sinjil and blocked Palestinian access, in the presence of Israeli forces. On 4 July, during one of the most serious incidents, settlers attacked farmers from Sinjil and Al Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, injuring seven and damaging several agricultural structures and four vehicles. Confrontations ensued, during which some settlers’ tents were set on fire by Palestinians. Israeli forces intervened, firing live ammunition into the air as well as sound grenades and tear gas canisters to disperse Palestinians. On the same day, settlers uprooted vegetable saplings from farmland on the outskirts of Sinjil. Also on 4 July, video footage showed an Israeli settler vehicle blocking a Palestinian ambulance on Road 60, while settlers blocked the access of Palestinians on the same road near Sinjil for two hours. On 5 July 2025, Israeli settlers threw Molotov cocktails and stones at houses in Jiljiliya village, damaging three houses and setting fire to an electrical supply unit. Since Israeli settlers re-established a previously dismantled settlement outpost on Tell Mountain by building a wooden structure in early June 2025, the site has been linked to a series of settler attacks, access restrictions, and severe damage to agricultural lands belonging to residents of Sinjil town and Jiljiliya village.
  • On 2 July, Israeli settlers raided Susiya community, in southern Hebron, and threw stones at Palestinians and their homes, injuring two people, including a child. The settlers fled the area when the Israeli police, called by the Palestinian residents, arrived. The Susiya community has experienced a steady rise in settler-related incidents – from five in 2020 to 33 in 2024, and to 26 so far in 2025. Of the 103 incidents documented since 2020, 80 per cent resulted in casualties or property damage. The most significant increase has been in incidents causing property damage, particularly to agricultural and animal-related structures and olive groves. Over the past two years, the community has faced near-daily intimidation, night raids, threats, and destruction of property, contributing to a coercive environment that pressures Palestinians to leave their homes.
• On 2 and 3 July, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families in Al Mu’arrajat East (also known as Arab al Ka’abneh or Arab al Muleihat) Bedouin community, in Jericho governorate in the central Jordan Valley, forcibly displacing 20 households comprising about 120 residents, including 66 children. Combined with seven other families who lived in the community on a seasonal basis and were not present this week, the entire community of about 170 people is now fully depopulated. This is the ninth community (following ‘Ein Samiya, Al Baqa’a, Ras al Tin, Al Mu’arrajat Centre, Wadi as Seeq, ‘Ein ar Rashash, Khallet al Maghara and Maghayer ad Deir) to be fully displaced in the area between Ramallah and Jericho governorates along roads 457, 458 (Allon Road) and 449 (Al Mu’arrajat Road) in the past two and a half years, following recurrent attacks by Israeli settlers. The remaining four communities in the area are at high risk of displacement due to recurrent settler attacks and access restrictions, namely: East Tayba Bedouins; Dar Faza’a; Mikhmas Bedouins; and Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja. The forced displacement of the Al Mu’arrajat East community highlights the deepening protection crisis facing Palestinian herding communities in Area C, where a coercive environment, characterized by settler violence, land confiscation, restricted freedom of movement and lack of law enforcement, continue to deprive families of safety, accountability, and any real prospect of return. The impact is severe and multifaceted; families are experiencing heightened insecurity, psychological distress, and loss of livelihoods, with women, children and older persons facing the greatest vulnerabilities due to forced displacement.
• Between 1 and 7 July, OCHA documented the demolition of 38 Palestinian-owned structures for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. These included 32 structures in Area C and six in East Jerusalem. As a result, 13 households comprising 55 Palestinians, including 24 children and 12 women, were displaced, and the livelihoods of over 90 others were affected.
  • Over half of people displaced (31 out of 55) were reported in two incidents in Area C of Ramallah governorate, on 2 and 7 July, in the villages of Ni’lin and Kharbatha al Misbah, where three- and four-storey residential buildings were demolished, respectively. In both cases, the families’ furniture and personal belongings were destroyed.
  • In two additional incidents in Area C of Jerusalem governorate, on 3 and 7 July, Israeli authorities demolished 14 structures in Az Za’ayyem Bedouin community and five in Abu Nuwar, mainly consisting of animal shelters, affecting the livelihoods of some 60 people. Both communities are located adjacent to the Israeli E1 settlement plan area, which aims to expand the Ma’ale Adumim settlement and connect it to Jerusalem. They have been subjected to coercive measures, including demolitions and repeated displacement threats. Since 2009, OCHA has documented the demolition of 219 structures, including 41 homes, in both communities due to the lack of building permits, resulting in the displacement of 230 people, including 141 children, some of whom were displaced more than once.
  • In East Jerusalem, six structures were demolished, including three by their owners, in the Old City, Beit Hanina and Silwan, displacing 11 people, including six children. According to the displaced families in Silwan (two families of six, including three children), they received the first demolition order in 2019, were fined over 60,000 NIS (US$ 18,000)*, and have been appealing in Israeli courts against the execution of the demolition order for more than five years. However, their legal appeals were rejected, and in June 2025, a final demolition order was issued, and Israeli forces and the Jerusalem Municipality pressured the family to carry out the demolition under the threat of heavy fines and arrest. Given the near-impossibility of obtaining Israeli-issued building permits and the limited success of legal challenges, many families in East Jerusalem have been increasingly forced to demolish their own homes to avoid further fines and penalties. The number of Palestinian homes demolished by their owners in East Jerusalem has increased significantly in recent years, reflecting growing pressure on residents. Between 1 January and 7 July 2025, OCHA documented the demolition of 103 structures in East Jerusalem for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, 64 of which (62 per cent) were carried out by the owners. This marks a notable rise compared with the annual average of 104 structures demolished by their owners between 2020 and 2024, which itself was a four-fold increase over the 25 structures demolished annually by their owners between 2009 and 2019.
• Today, 9 July, marks the 21st anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), also known as the "Wall Opinion". The ICJ stated that the sections of the Barrier route that run inside the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, violated Israel’s obligations under international law. The ICJ called on Israel to cease construction of the Barrier “including in and around East Jerusalem”; dismantle the sections already completed that are situated within the OPT, including in and around East Jerusalem; and “repeal or render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto.” Nevertheless, to date, the Barrier remains standing and its humanitarian consequences on the lives of Palestinians persist.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and May 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank May 2025 Snapshot.

Access to Education in Area C

• Al Ka’abneh Bedouin Basic School, in Al Mu’arrajat East Bedouin community (see above), was originally built in the 1960s as a tent and as a cement structure by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) in the mid-1980s. In the 1990s, with support from the Palestinian Authority and donors, the school expanded further. Since then, it has received 10 demolition orders on the grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued building permit in Area C. According to the Education Cluster, it was one of the most targeted schools by demolitions in Area C of the West Bank. In recent years, the school suffered repeated attacks by Israeli settlers; in an especially grave attack on the school in September 2024, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, broke into the school during classes and assaulted and injured two female teachers with sticks. Most recently, during the 2-3 July settler attack that led to the forced displacement of the community, settlers raided the school, ransacked property, and sprayed anti-Palestinian graffiti, including defacing a Palestinian flag mural with an Israeli star. Al Ka’abneh school, which now stands empty, previously served 74 students, including 37 girls, supported by 15 teachers.
• Among the 54 schools in Area C of the West Bank that face the threat of full demolition is the Palestine Basic Mixed School, in Jurat al Jamal community in the southern Hebron hills. On 1 July, Israeli forces, accompanied by the ICA, issued another demolition order against the school for lacking an Israeli-issued building permit. This follows a previous stop-work order in March 2025. The school, established in 2020, consists of six classrooms, two administrative rooms, a kitchen, four toilets, two outdoor shaded areas, and two playgrounds. Built with concrete blocks and insulated tin roofs, the donor-supported school currently serves 130 students (72 boys and 58 girls) from kindergarten to grade four. The school is the only education facility serving this remote herding community, and its potential demolition would severely impact children's access to education in the area.
• According to the Education Cluster, 84 schools across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are currently subject to pending demolition orders issued by Israeli authorities. Of these, 54 schools face the threat of full demolition, while 30 are subject to partial demolition orders. Ten of the affected schools are located within the Israeli-defined municipal boundaries of East Jerusalem, and the remaining 74 are in Area C. These schools serve 12,855 students, including 6,557 girls, and are supported by 1,076 teachers. In addition to demolition threats, settler violence against schools has intensified, with 44 incidents recorded between 2023 and May 2025.

Northern West Bank Operations

• Demolitions continue in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. On 7 July, Israeli forces began demolishing homes in Tulkarm Refugee Camp, despite a 2 July Israeli Supreme Court injunction that temporarily froze demolition orders issued on 30 June (following a petition by 11 residents from Tulkarm Camp), which targeted 104 residential buildings. In Nur Shams Camp, residents near the camp reported that a building was set on fire by Israeli forces within the camp. Two days earlier, on 5 July, Israeli forces informed residents of 54 buildings – housing at least 200 households – that they could briefly retrieve belongings. On 6 July, the Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs coordinated with the Israeli military the access of residents between 14:00 and 18:00. During this time window, an Israeli military drone struck and injured a woman and a man as they were retrieving their belongings. On 6 July, the Court submitted an amended decision where the Israeli military could continue the demolitions in cases of “urgent combat needs or overriding security considerations.”
• Israeli forces continued conducting short-term operations in Nablus governorate. During these operations, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians in Salem village (see above) and injured eight others, including one child. On 1 July, Israeli forces physically assaulted a child and injured three men during a raid in Sabastiya town, northwest of Nablus city. According to the municipality, Israeli forces imposed a curfew, and conducted searches in at least five homes, during which they reportedly broke furniture, physically assaulted and injured a girl and two men, and shot and injured one man. On 6 July, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinian boys who threw stones at Israeli military jeeps that were passing through Askar Camp, east of Nablus. Since 1 January 2025, about 40 per cent of Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in the West Bank have been recorded in the Nablus governorate.

Funding

• As of 8 July 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$738 million out of the $4 billion (18 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2025, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. Moreover, during June 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 122 ongoing projects, totalling $70.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 58 are being implemented by international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), 48 by national NGOs and 16 by UN agencies. Notably, 42 out of the 74 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

* Asterisks indicate that a figure, sentence, or section has been rectified, added, or retracted after the initial publication of this update.