Humanitarian Situation Update #325 | 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 1 or 2 October.

Key Highlights

• Over 3,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the West Bank since 7 October 2023, citing settler attacks and access restrictions, including 40 over the past week.
• Israeli settlers vandalized water networks in five locations across the West Bank, cutting off access to water for hundreds of residents of Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities.
• Israeli forces forcibly evacuated five families from Tulkarm Camp and conducted a large-scale raid in Ya’bad, in Jenin governorate, affecting nearly 20,000 residents.
• Between 1 January and 15 September 2025, the World Health Organization documented 203 attacks on health care across the West Bank, including 166 incidents of obstruction to health care delivery.
• Following the killing of two Israeli soldiers by a Jordanian truck driver transporting cargo for Gaza on 18 September, Israeli authorities closed Allenby Bridge between the West Bank and Jordan until further notice.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 16 and 22 September, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men and injured 45 others, including six children, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israeli settlers injured another 10 Palestinians during the reporting period. A Jordanian man carried out a shooting attack, killing two Israeli soldiers at Al Karama/Allenby Bridge border crossing.
• On 16 September, undercover Israeli forces raided Qalqiliya city and surrounded the homes of two Palestinian men. They shot, injured and arrested both men. In addition, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and transferred to hospital. Later that day, Israeli forces informed the Palestinian District Coordination Office (DCO) of the death of the two men, whose bodies have been withheld. Three other detained Palestinians were released the following day.
• On 18 September, a Jordanian truck driver transporting cargo for the Gaza Strip shot and killed two Israeli soldiers at the Al Karama/Allenby Bridge border crossing. Israeli forces killed the assailant at the scene and reportedly physically assaulted and injured several other truck drivers. Following the attack, Israeli forces closed the crossing for both passenger and cargo traffic and shut down checkpoints around Jericho governorate for about two hours. Movement was further restricted by intensified inspections at checkpoints, causing long queues and delays for Palestinians residents entering and exiting the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank.
• On 23 September, Israeli authorities announced the closure of Al Karama/Allenby Bridge crossing for passenger access in both directions until further notice, while cargo movements had remained suspended since the 18 September attack. As the only crossing point between Jordan and the West Bank, most of the West Bank’s 3.3 million residents depend on Al Karama/Allenby Bridge for travel abroad. It is also critical for commercial imports and exports, and the entry of humanitarian supplies from Jordan. In August, about one quarter of humanitarian relief items entering Gaza through the UN 2720 mechanism came via Jordan, including food, tents, and other urgently needed supplies. The closure has also disrupted the rotation of international humanitarian staff to and from the Gaza Strip. The UN is engaging with relevant stakeholders to urgently address these concerns, warning that the continued closure of this border crossing without viable alternatives would severely undermine the humanitarian response in Gaza and seriously impact the movement of Palestinians.
• Since 7 October 2023, 994 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, including two who died of wounds sustained prior to 7 October. Of the total, 965 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, 19 by Israeli settlers, and 10 where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli forces or settlers. More than half of the 965 Palestinians fatalities by Israeli forces (643) were in the northern West Bank. Of them, 278 were in Jenin governorate alone. During the same period, Palestinians killed 41 Israelis, including 23 members of Israeli forces in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In Israel, attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank resulted in the killing of 17 Israelis and 12 Palestinian perpetrators, in addition to a Palestinian killed in an attack by Israelis in West Jerusalem.

New Access Regulations

• On 16 September, Israeli authorities imposed new access regulations on three Palestinian communities, in northwestern Jerusalem governorate: An Nabi Samwil, Al Khalayleh, and Beit Iksa. An Nabi Samwil and Al Khalayleh communities are located in Area C and are physically cut off from the rest of the West Bank by the Barrier and residents are only able to access West Bank services via Al Jib Barrier checkpoint. Beit Iksa village, with a population of about 2,000 people, is located in Area B and C and is isolated from other villages in northwestern Jerusalem by the Beit Iksa Barrier checkpoint and from the Jerusalem side of the Barrier by a series of closures, where a planned section of the Barrier remains unconstructed (for background please see this OCHA report). Under the new regulations, all residents must obtain an individual magnetic ID card with an access permit to commute between their village and the remainder of the West Bank while remaining barred from East Jerusalem. Each family must prove that the village is their primary place of residence, and those denied permits risk permanent expulsion. The affected area in Beit Iksa also includes Beit Iksa Bedouin community. These measures replace previous coordination arrangements that allowed their movement without permits through Al Jib and Beit Iksa checkpoints, further entrenching the isolation of the three villages.
• These villages are among 17 “dislocated communities,” which are physically separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Barrier, while simultaneously being prohibited from residing in or accessing services in East Jerusalem. The residents of these communities mainly hold West Bank IDs but must cross checkpoints to reach health, education and markets in the West Bank. Family and social life has been fractured, with visitors requiring permits and many residents have been gradually displaced due to untenable conditions. Since 2009, OCHA has documented the demolition of 172 structures in Beit Iksa, Al Khalayleh, and An Nabi Samwil. More than half of these were agricultural or livelihood-related structures, with Al Khalayleh alone accounting for over half of the total number of the demolished structures (about 90 structures). Overall, these demolitions have resulted in the displacement of 159 people, including 92 children. The introduction of new access permits entrenches longstanding restrictions on movement and residency in these communities, further isolating them and restricting their access to services and livelihoods and increasing their risk of forced displacement.

Lack-of-Permit Demolitions

• Between 16 and 22 September, OCHA documented the demolition of 25 Palestinian-owned structures for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain. Of the total, 18 structures were in Area C and seven in East Jerusalem (all but one were demolished by their owners). Demolished structures included 11 residential structures, eight agricultural and livelihood structures, two latrines, and four other structures.
• On 17 September, 11 people, including four children, were displaced in the Bab Hutta area in the Old City of Jerusalem, following the demolition of two residences by their owners. On 18 September, in Furush Beit Dajan village, in Nablus governorate, Israeli authorities demolished three residential structures, one of them inhabited, along with an animal shelter, displacing a family of seven, including a child. In total, 18 people, including five children, were displaced and about 80 were otherwise affected.
• The highest number of structures demolished in a single incident (eight structures) was recorded on 17 September in Khallet Athaba’, a Palestinian herding community with a population of about 80 people, located in an Israeli-declared firing zone in Masafer Yatta, in southern Hebron governorate. This latest demolition marks the fifth such incident in the community in 2025. The demolished structures included residential shelters, donor-funded latrines and other livelihood structures, while four water tanks were also destroyed. In total, four families comprising 23 people, including 16 children, were affected.
• Since the beginning of the year, 86 structures have been demolished in Khallet Athaba’, over half of them provided as humanitarian assistance. Residents continue to face sustained pressure to leave, compounded by repeated demolitions and settler violence, including an attack by settlers on 4 September that injured 14 people, among them an infant, and earlier incidents in May when settlers occupied and evicted families from two caves, physically assaulting residents, including a pregnant woman.
• Since 7 October 2023, Israeli authorities destroyed, confiscated, sealed or forced the demolition of 3,542 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 7,074 Palestinians, including about 3,042 children. These include more than 3,424 Palestinians displaced due to the destruction of homes during operations by Israeli forces, 3,230 Palestinians displaced by lack-of-permit demolitions, and 420 people displaced by demolitions on punitive and other grounds.

Operations in the Northern West Bank

• On 19 September, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated five Palestinian families comprising nearly 25 people from their homes in the Al Matar neighbourhood in Tulkarm Refugee Camp. The evacuations took place late in the day and without prior notice. The affected houses are located within an area for which Israeli forces recently released maps outlining the boundaries of their designated “military zone” in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. Over the past four months, the families had intermittently returned to their homes, after being displaced at the onset of the ongoing operation by Israeli forces in Tulkarm’s refugee camps since early 2025.
• Israeli operations continue across cities, towns and villages in the northern West Bank. On 20 September, Israeli forces, accompanied by a bulldozer, conducted a large-scale raid in Ya’bad town, in Jenin governorate. Israeli forces searched and ransacked the contents of nearly all raided houses, including that of the head of the municipality, which was converted into a military post and field interrogation centre. The operation lasted about seven hours, during which around 50 houses were searched, and some 80 men were detained for field interrogation, and one Palestinian man was physically assaulted and injured by Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian District Coordination Liaison (DCL), the bulldozer closed three main roads, leaving only a narrow side road accessible to residents. This significantly disrupted movement within the town, restricted access to services, and hindered the ability of residents to leave or enter the town, with a population of nearly 20,000 people. Two main water pipelines supplying the town were also damaged by an Israeli bulldozer, interrupting water supply for nearly 30 per cent of the town’s population for at least 24 hours.
• On 22 September, Israeli forces physically assaulted and injured a paramedic at Sarra checkpoint, southwest of Nablus. The paramedic, who was also an ambulance driver, was stopped while on duty and beaten by Israeli forces. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 1 January and 15 September 2025, 203 attacks on health care were documented across the West Bank, resulting in four deaths and 11 injuries. Of the total, 117 incidents entailed the use of force against health care, 166 incidents involved obstruction to health care delivery, 41 were cases of detention of health care personnel or patients, and 31 were incidents of militarized searches of health care personnel, facilities or transport. Sixty-eight per cent of documented attacks were in Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarm governorates.

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 16 and 22 September, OCHA documented at least 28 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. These incidents led to the injury of 10 Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the injury of two settlers by Palestinians. In addition, seven Bedouin and herding families in Hebron, Ramallah, and Tubas governorates were forcibly displaced. At least 30 olive trees, 10 vehicles, water pipes and networks were vandalized, and dozens of Palestinian-owned livestock were stolen.
• Settlers’ attacks, threats and harassment, including blocking off grazing areas for Bedouin and herding communities across the West Bank, continue to force families out of their communities, some of whom were displaced more than once.
  • In the southern West Bank, in Hebron governorate, on 18 September, two Palestinian families comprising 14 people, including nine children, were forcibly displaced out of Bariyyet ash Shuyukh herding community and relocated to a nearby area in Sa’ir town. These two families were displaced previously from Al Ganoub community in 2023 due to continuous attacks by Israeli settlers.
  • In the central West Bank, in Ramallah governorate, on 17 September, two Palestinian families comprising 11 people, including four children, were forcibly displaced out of East Tayba Bedouin community. The displacement followed an incident in which a settler grazed livestock near residential shelters and attempted to enter an animal shelter, leading to a confrontation with residents. Subsequently, more settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, entered the community, breaking into homes and animal shelters, physically assaulting three Palestinians, including two elderly people, injuring them, and stealing dozens of livestock. Settlers fired live ammunition in the air and confined women and children to one shelter. A Palestinian ambulance’s access was delayed by Israeli forces for over 90 minutes, during which settlers threw stones at the ambulance. The injured were eventually transported to hospital after residents carried them to the community’s entrance. The two families, who had previously been displaced in May 2025 from Maghayer ad Deir Bedouin community, were forced to dismantle their shelters; they relocated to Area B in Rammun village.
  • In the northern West Bank, in Tubas governorate, on 19 September, three families comprising 15 people, including seven children, from Ibziq herding community were forced to dismantle their structures and relocate to a nearby location in Area B. This followed a raid by two armed Israeli settlers, known to the community and believed to be from a newly established outpost, arrived in a military jeep, reportedly without a registration plate, and dressed in military uniforms. Under the direct threat of weapons, the settlers ordered the families to dismantle their structures and evacuate. They physically assaulted a family member, confiscated his ID, and held him at gunpoint under a tree, giving the families two hours to evacuate in exchange for the ID. Israeli forces later arrived and instructed the families to leave immediately. During the attack, settlers vandalized a water tank. Three additional families in the community received similar threats to evacuate and are preparing to dismantle their structures.
• Settlers vandalized water networks in at least five locations, affecting access to water, particularly those supplying Palestinian Bedouin communities:
  • In Jericho governorate on 20 September, settlers temporarily severed water networks that supply water to the Bedouin communities of Al Hathroura and Sateh al Bahr and installed a pipe in Sateh al Bahr to connect a nearby settlement outpost to the water supply serving the community. This is the second time that settlers sever water networks this month in both communities. Damages were repaired by the residents after a few hours.
  • In Hebron governorate on 14 September, during ongoing bulldozing works carried out by settlers near the Bedouin community of Khirbet Umm al Kheir, the community’s water and electricity networks were destroyed. As a result, 35 families comprising about 200 people were left without access to water and electricity for five days. In another herding community, Umm At Tiran near Khirbet Zanuta, on 22 September, a female Israeli settler cut water pipes and destroyed wires and part of the solar panel system. As of the time of reporting, two families remained disconnected from water and electricity supply.
  • In Nablus governorate on 18 September, a group of Israeli settlers, believed to be from a nearby outpost, vandalized a water network and a vehicle in the village of Duma village, causing damage to 100 metres of plastic water pipes. Settlers also scattered sharp metal objects on the ground, which caused punctures in the tyres of a vehicle belonging to the water department in the village council.
• Since 7 October 2023, OCHA has documented about 3,045 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which 306 led to casualties, 2,422 led to damage to Palestinian property, and 317 led to both casualties and property damage. Since 7 October 2023, 558 Palestinians households comprising 3,055 people, including 1,529 children, have been displaced, mostly from Bedouin and herding communities, across the West Bank, citing attacks by Israeli settlers and access restrictions.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and August 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank August 2025 Snapshot.

Funding

• As of 24 September 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.06 billion out of the $4 billion (26 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 August 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 104 ongoing projects, totalling $62.3 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 48 are being implemented by INGOs, 42 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 35 out of the 62 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.