Humanitarian Situation Update #341 | West Bank

The Humanitarian Situation Updates on the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank are both issued every Wednesday/Thursday. The next Humanitarian Situation Update on the West Bank will be published on 26 or 27 November.

Key Highlights

• Three Palestinian children and one man were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank between 11 and 17 November, raising the 2025 child fatality toll to 49.
• One Israeli man was killed in a ramming and stabbing attack at Gush Etzion settlement junction, in Bethlehem, carried out by two Palestinians, who were shot and killed.
• Israeli forces continued large-scale operations across the northern West Bank, resulting in casualties, displacement, school closures, and movement restrictions.
• The Humanitarian Coordinator allocated US$100,000 to support displaced families in the northern West Bank with e-vouchers to purchase winter clothing.
• Thirty Palestinians are at risk of displacement in Qalandiya village in an area where the Israeli authorities have reactivated decades-old expropriation orders and approved the construction of a waste treatment facility.
• Within a week, 29 documented settler attacks across the West Bank caused injuries and damage to Palestinian homes, mosques, vehicles, and agricultural assets.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 11 and 17 November, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including three children, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Seven out of nine Palestinians killed by Israeli forces between 1 and 17 November were children. In addition, on 11 November, a Palestinian child died after spending a month in hospital in a coma, after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces at olive harvesters in the Jabal Qamas area near Beita village, in Nablus governorate. The boy was with his family on 11 October when groups of Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, assaulted the harvesters, resulting in injury to about 60 Palestinians. This brings the total number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank between 1 January and 17 November to 49, accounting for approximately 24 per cent of all Palestinian fatalities (201) by Israeli forces during this period. Among them were 47 boys and two girls. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:
  • On 13 November, Israeli forces shot and killed two boys (aged 14 and 15 years) near Karmei Tzur settlement, in Hebron governorate. According to the Israeli military, the boys were ambushed by Israeli forces while they were reportedly on their way to carry out an attack. Their bodies have been withheld by the Israeli authorities.
  • On 16 November, during a raid in Askar Camp, northeast of Nablus, Israeli forces shot and killed a young man and injured another one. According to the Palestinian District Coordination Office and community sources, Israeli forces chased Palestinian stone throwers, hitting two young men in the back with live ammunition, killing one and injuring the other. In an official statement, the Israeli military said that the man had thrown an explosive device at its forces before they shot him and there were no casualties among the forces. According to medical teams, Israeli forces held the injured man near the camp’s main entrance and prevented ambulance crews from reaching him for approximately 30 minutes, after which they allowed an ambulance to take him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • On 17 November, Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and injured two other boys during a raid in Al Far'a Camp, in Tubas governorate. During the raid, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli forces, who shot live ammunition, resulting in the injury of three children. According to medical sources, the Palestine Red Crescent Society took two of the children to hospital but was prevented by Israeli forces from reaching the third child, who was later detained by the forces and then announced dead in an Israeli military statement. His body was withheld by the Israeli authorities.
• On 18 November (not included in the above reporting period), two Palestinian men attempted to run over Israelis at the Gush Etzion settlement junction along Road 60, in Bethlehem governorate. One of them then reportedly exited a vehicle and began stabbing people, killing an elderly Israeli man and injuring two others, including a 15-year-old child. Israeli forces opened fire and killed both Palestinian men and reported finding explosive materials in their vehicle. An Israeli woman was reportedly injured by Israeli fire, according to Israeli media. Following the incident, Israeli forces closed all four road gates leading to Hebron city, leaving thousands of Palestinians stranded for many hours. Israeli forces also carried out raids in Beit Ummar, the hometown of one of the assailants, damaged property in his family home, and forcibly displaced three families living in the same building before sealing the entrance. Israeli forces declared a four-day curfew in the town, closed internal roads with earth mounds, and detained hundreds of Palestinian men in a school, where three men were physically assaulted and injured by Israeli forces. The home of the second assailant in Hebron city was also raided, resulting in property damage.
• Between 11 and 17 November, OCHA documented the demolition of 13 Palestinian-owned structures, all in Area C of six villages and towns, for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain. In one incident, the Israeli Civil Administration demolished two structures in a public park in Biddu town, in northwestern Jerusalem governorate, affecting approximately 12,000 people. In Hebron governorate, on 12 November, Israeli authorities demolished six structures in Khirbet al Fakheit, located within “Firing Zone 918” in Masafer Yatta, which resulted in the displacement of one family of seven people, including four children, and otherwise affected two families comprising 16 people, including 12 children. The other demolition incidents took place in Duma village in Nablus, Arraba village in Jenin, Beit Sira village in Ramallah, and Al Walaja village in Bethlehem. In total, 12 people, including seven children, were displaced.
• On 23 October, Israeli authorities delivered eviction notices to Palestinian residents of two residential buildings in Qalandiya village, in an area located within East Jerusalem, on the “West Bank” side of the Barrier. The notices require the families to vacate their homes and adjoining agricultural lands within 20 days, placing five Palestinian households comprising about 30 people at risk of displacement. The evictions have not been implemented to date, and the families have indicated their intention to file a legal case. In April, according to Peace Now, an Israeli NGO, the Israeli Minister of Finance reactivated two old expropriation orders in the same area; the orders were initiated in the 1970s and 1980s and affect approximately 150 dunums (37 acres) of land. A month later, the Israeli government approved the construction of a waste treatment and energy-recovery facility and the re-routing of the Barrier in the same area, Peace Now added.
• Palestinian access to agricultural lands behind the West Bank Barrier during the current olive harvest season has remained highly restricted. These constraints are compounded by the Israeli government’s stated intention to make permanent the sweeping ban on access to the “Seam Zone” between the Barrier and the 1949 Armistice Line, or “Green Line”, in place since October 2023, which has prevented thousands of farmers from reaching their lands over the past three seasons despite olive groves requiring year-round cultivation and care. Initial field information indicates that most agricultural gates and checkpoints were either closed or operated for a very limited number of days and hours, often without prior notice or under inconsistent coordination arrangements. According to HaMoked, which had petitioned the Israeli High Court in May 2024 to challenge the ban on access to the ‘Seam Zone’, in many cases, only one family member received a permit, and gate openings were sharply reduced — two and a half weeks in Qalqilya, ten days in Tulkarm, and one day in Jenin — preventing many families from harvesting most, or any, of their olives. During the Israeli High Court hearing in September 2025, the court noted the absence of any expert security opinion justifying the ban and instructed the State to submit updated permit data and a security assessment by 15 November. The State has since requested a three-week extension.

Operations by Israeli Forces in the Northern West Bank

• Israeli forces continued to carry out large-scale operations across the northern West Bank, particularly in parts of Jenin and Nablus governorates, resulting in casualties, displacement, and disrupted access to essential services. In Ya’bad town, in Jenin governorate, Israeli forces have been conducting an extensive operation since 7 November, which was ongoing as of the time of reporting. On 11 November, Israeli forces forcibly displaced two families comprising 10 people from two residential buildings, which they converted into military observation posts. Concentrated in the southwestern area of the town, the operation has to date involved the displacement of at least 11 families comprising about 55 people, some of whose homes were taken over by Israeli forces. According to community sources, the forces blocked nine roads with earth mounds, some of which were reportedly re-opened. For 11 days, all 12 schools in Ya’bad town were closed, affecting nearly 4,000 students who switched to online learning. Displaced families have been staying with relatives and friends in the town.
• Also in Jenin governorate, Israeli forces conducted raids in Jenin city, Qabatiya, and Birqin between 12 and 14 November. During these raids, Palestinians threw stones and Israeli forces fired live ammunition. Four Palestinians, including two children, were injured; three were injured by live ammunition, while one was struck by a military vehicle. These operations, lasting from one to several hours, are among many similar operations conducted by Israeli forces across different villages and towns in Jenin governorate since late September, with frequent daytime patrols and raids into residential and commercial buildings, contributing to heightened fear and insecurity among residents.
• In Nablus governorate, Israeli forces conducted three raids between 11 and 16 November in Beit Furik village and Askar refugee camp, during which Israeli forces fired live ammunition and Palestinians threw stones. One Palestinian man was killed (see details above), and another one was injured by live ammunition during the raid in Askar Camp. A Palestinian child was reported injured during one of the other two raids in Beit Furik, where Israeli forces closed the Beit Furik checkpoint in both directions for nearly eight hours on 11 November, only permitting the evacuation of three patients from the town. This checkpoint controls access to Beit Furik and Beit Dajan towns, with about 20,000 residents. During these operations, Israeli forces searched multiple homes and arrested two Palestinians.
• Humanitarian partners continue to scale up multi-sectoral assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern West Bank ahead of the winter season. According to the Cash Working Group (CWG), between January and early November, over 10,000 households in the northern West Bank have received at least one round of multi-purpose cash assistance, including IDPs and other people directly affected by the crisis. In addition, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, allocated $100,000 from the occupied Palestinian territory Humanitarian Fund (oPt HF) to support displaced families in the northern West Bank with e-vouchers to purchase warm clothing ahead of the rainy season.

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 11 and 17 November, OCHA documented 29 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage or both in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The attacks led to the injury of 11 Palestinians, all except one were by Israeli settlers. More than 1,000 Palestinian-owned (mainly olive) trees and saplings were vandalized, in addition to livestock losses and damage to seasonal crops, 23 Palestinian-owned vehicles, at least 10 homes, two mosques, and livelihood structures, including a dairy factory warehouse.
• Some of the settler attacks entailed damage to Palestinian agricultural lands and livelihood structures across five governorates. Among the key incidents was an attack on 11 November in Beit Lid village, in Tulkarm governorate, by Israeli settlers believed to be from a newly established outpost; settlers burnt a dairy factory warehouse and five vehicles, shattered the windows of two homes, and injured three Palestinians after physically assaulting Palestinian Bedouin families. In Jenin governorate, armed settlers attacked a livestock farm in Imreiha village on 13 November and physically assaulting two Palestinians. In Nablus governorate, settlers damaged agricultural lands in Area B of Beit Furik village on 15 November, destroying at least four dunums of seasonal crops and causing damage to two agricultural farms.
• In Hebron governorate, two settler attacks in Umm al Butm village resulted in some of the most extensive damage reported this week, including one attack that occurred following the evacuation by Israeli authorities of Tzur Misgavi settlement outpost on 17 November. In the 17 November incident, settlers broke into a house, where women and children were present, physically assaulted and injured two women, threw flammable materials inside the home, and later cut trees in nearby olive groves. In total, settlers cut or destroyed olive and apricot trees, set fire to two vehicles, and caused damage to seasonal vegetable crops, several homes, five water tanks and five solar water-heating systems.
• Other settler attacks entailed damage to homes and two mosques. For example, in Al Jab’a village, in Bethlehem governorate, Israelis settlers believed to be from Bat Ayin settlement, and its adjacent outpost threw flammable materials at homes and vehicles. Three vehicles, including a minibus, were burnt, and four other vehicles and seven homes sustained damage, directly affecting at least nine families. In another arson attack, Israeli settlers raided Bariyyet al Shuyukh, in Hebron governorate, and set fire to two recently constructed structures provided as humanitarian assistance. In Salfit governorate, Israeli settlers vandalized and set fire to a mosque in Deir Istiya village and spray painted anti-Palestinian graffiti on its walls. The main door of another mosque was vandalized by Israeli settlers in Khirbet Tana herding community, in Nablus governorate.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and September 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank September 2025 Snapshot.

Funding

• As of 20 November 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately $1.5 billion out of the $4 billion (37 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, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds is for the humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During October 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 135 ongoing projects, totalling $77.7 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 63 are being implemented by international NGOs, 56 by national NGOs and 16 by UN agencies. Notably, 69 out of the 79 projects implemented by international NGOs 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.