In September 2025, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers continued their crimes and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. These crimes have included willful killings, destruction of public and private property, arrests, threats, among others.

This month witnessed an escalation in settlement activities and settlers’ attacks against Palestinian civilians and their lands, as the Israeli authorities approved six settlement expansion plans in the West Bank. Additionally, Israeli settlers established six new settlement outposts and killed two Palestinians in two separate incidents, while wide-scale collective punishment measures were carried out in occupied East Jerusalem.

The Following is some of violations highlighted and documented by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR):

Killings and violation of the right to life and bodily integrity:

The IOF and settlers’ attacks during the reporting period in the West Bank have resulted in the killing of 15 Palestinians, including 9 civilians, among them 2 children, and the injury of 27 others, including 26 civilians, among them 9 children and a woman.

On 03 September 2025, Mohammed Jamal Omar Madani (25) was killed by the IOF after being shot with a live bullet that penetrated his upper back and exited his chest during stone-throwing at the IOF, who were besieging a house in Balata refugee camp in Nablus. The IOF arrested one Palestinian from the besieged house.

On 05 September 2025, the IOF stationed at al-Muraba’a military checkpoint, which connects Nablus city with its southern villages, shot and killed Ahmed ‘Abed al-Fattah Ahmed Shehadah (58). The IOF held his body for about an hour before handing it over for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) at Huwara military checkpoint, near the eastern entrance to Nablus.

On 08 September 2025, the IOF killed Eslam ‘Abed al-‘Aziz Majarma (14) and Mohammed Yusri Omar Masqala (14) and injured two other civilians, including a child, after opening fire at them while they were trying to reach their houses in Jenin refugee camp from which they had been forcibly displaced about eight months earlier.

On 13 September 2025, doctors at Palestine Medical Complex declared the death of Mohammed Isaa Ahmed ‘Alawi (20), from Deir Jarir village in Ramallah, after he succumbed to abdominal injuries sustained when Israeli settlers opened fire at him and others at dawn while they were between Deir Jarir and Silwad villages in Ramallah.

On 15 September 2025, the IOF stationed at a military watchtower adjacent to the annexation wall, which separates al-Ram village from the suburb area in Beit Hanina village, north of occupied East Jerusalem, killed Sanad Najeh Hantouli (25), from Silat ad-Dhahr village in Jenin, after shooting him with two live bullets in the abdomen and thigh, and injured another. The IOF claimed that they had illegally tried to enter Jerusalem.

On 16 September 2025, a group of Israeli special units infiltrated the Nabi Elias area in Qalqilya and opened fire at two young men who were inside the cargo area of a truck unloading food supplies. Later, the General Authority of Civil Affairs informed the Palestinian Ministry of Health of the killing of Waseem Khalil Mousa Abu ‘Ali (41) and Khaled Nimer Sweilem Hassan (34), both from Qalqilya. The IOF held their bodies, claiming that they were wanted individuals.

On 23 September 2025, Israeli settler militias killed Saeed Murad Nassan (20), from Al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah, in al-Burj area in southern the village, after shooting him with two live bullets in his chest and right thigh. The attack was carried out by armed settlers from the pastoral settlement outpost established 3–4 months earlier in the Al-Qala’a area at the eastern entrance of the village. The residents confronted the settlers with stones.

On 24 September 2025, the IOF killed Ahmed Jehad Barahma (20), from ‘Anza village in southern Jenin, after shooting him in the chest with a live bullet during protests organized by Palestinians, during which stones were thrown at IOF forces who had stormed the village.

On 25 September 2025, a group of Israeli special units infiltrated the Al-Mutalla area in eastern Tammun village, southeast of Tubas, and killed Mohammed Qasim Ahmed Suliman (29) and Alaa Jawdat Khadr Bani Ouda (20), from Tammun village, after besieging them in agricultural greenhouses. The IOF held their bodies, claiming that they were wanted individuals.

On 28 September 2025, the IOF killed Mahmoud Hasan ‘Abed al-Rahman ‘Aqqad (24), from Khelet al-Eman area in Nablus, inside his vehicle while driving on the Nablus-Qalqilya highway near the Kedumim settlement, close to Jit village. The IOF claimed that he was driving at high speed and intended to carry out a run over attack against Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint and settlers waiting at the bus stop.

Thus, the death toll due to the IOF’s attacks in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has risen to 191, including 91 civilians, among them 32 children and 5 women. Furthermore, 11 Palestinian detainees, including a child, have died in Israeli prisons. Additionally, dozens were injured by the IOF’s gunfire across the West Bank.

Demolition and land-razing

The IOF demolished 73 facilities in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 23 houses were completely demolished, among them ten were demolished under the pretext of unlicensed construction, seven house were demolished as part of the Israeli collective punishment policy, and four were self-demolished by the owners in Occupied East Jerusalem. They also demolished 47 dwellings, a tent, and commercial facility in the West Bank. Additionally, they demolished a 14-meter-high mosque minaret.

On the 240th day of their ground assault on Jenin, the IOF set fire to a house in Wadi Burqin, west of Jenin and adjacent to the camp from the western side, displacing an entire family. During their ground assaults in cities and refugee camps across the West Bank, the IOF caused widespread destruction to infrastructure, including roads, water networks, telephone lines, and electricity, in Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarm refugee camps, east of Tulkarm and Ramallah.

On 03 September 2025, the IOF demolished a 14-meter-high mosque minaret in Hebron.

From 05 to 23 September 2025, the IOF forced four people to demolish four residential buildings comprising of five housing units in occupied East Jerusalem. As a result, 4 families of 13 individuals, including 4 women and 5 children, were displaced.

On 17 September 2025, the Israeli authorities demolished two houses in Bab Hattah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.  They also demolished 3 houses and displaced two families of 8 members, including 3 children and 3 women, in addition to two barracks in al-Khader village in Bethlehem.

From 08 to 18 September 2025, the IOF demolished 28 commercial facilities in Bita village’s market, two agricultural barracks in Kherbet al-Taweel, southeast of Nablus, three houses in Furush Beit Dajan village in central valleys, displacing three families of 23 individuals, including 5 woman and 13 children. The IOF also demolished a livestock barrack. In Hebron, the IOF demolished seven tinplate dwellings and two residential tents, displacing four families of 24 individuals, including 14 children. In al-Mughayyir village, the IOF demolished two agricultural rooms, a water well, and a sewage project.

From 09 to 29 September 2025, as part of the collective punishment policy, the IOF demolished 7 houses comprised of 10 housing units; 3 in Tubas while the rest in Tulkarm, Hebron, Salfit, and occupied East Jerusalem. As a result, 10 families of 42 individuals, including 12 children and 9 women, were displaced.

On 30 September 2025, the IOF demolished 3 houses comprised of 5 housing units; 2 were under-construction, in Burqin village, west of Salfit, under the pretext of illegal construction in Area C. As a result, two families of 12 individuals, including 2 women and 5 children, were displaced.

Land confiscations and settlement expansion

During the reporting period, the IOF and Israeli settlers continued their settlement expansion policy materialized in confiscating and razing Palestinian lands to establish settlement outposts and expand settlements. The Following is some of violations highlighted and documented by PCHR:

On 07 September 2025, Israeli settlers established a settlement outpost on Kherbet Ghowin lands, west of As-Samu village in Hebron, after leveling a plot of land and setting up tents there.

On 10 September 2025, Israeli settlers established a settlement outpost on Khelet al-Ma’aser lands, north of Ar-Rihiya village in southern Hebron, and brought 12 mobile homes to the site. The settlers also seized a house in Hebron’s Old City, turning it into a settlement outpost in the old municipal yard.

On 11 September 2025, the Israeli government signed a new agreement with the municipality of Ma’ale Adumim settlement, described as the largest of its kind in the West Bank since the establishment of the settlement, to fund extensive infrastructure projects paving the way for the construction of over 7,600 new settlement units, including 3,400 units in the area known as E1, east of occupied Jerusalem. This agreement aims to strengthen the connection between Ma’ale Adumim settlement, the Mishor Adumim industrial zone, and the existing plans in E1, consolidating the “Greater Jerusalem” project and isolating East Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings. The Israeli authorities also announced the entry into force of plans that had previously been deposited with the competent bodies encompassing an area of 1,322.7 dunums, including the lands designated for the implementation of the so-called E1 settlement project.

On 16 September 2025, Israeli settlers established a settlement outpost on the lands of As-Samu village in Hebron after levelling lands and setting up tents. The settlers also placed many caravans ( mobile homes) in the settlement outpost established on the lands of Sinjil village in Ramallah.

On 20 September 2025, Israeli settlers seized a house in H2 area in al-Ja’bari neighborhood in southern Hebron and turned it into a settlement outpost.

On 28 September 2025, Israeli settlers established a settlement outpost on al-Jabinat lands, north of Salfit, after leveling lands and setting up tents in the site.

The Israeli authorities announced the deposit of six settlement expansion plans in the West Bank, covering an area of 153 dunums.

Settler violence

Israeli settlers conducted 83 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in various villages and cities across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. Their attacks killed two Palestinians and injured 30 others in various assaults. Additionally, three houses and barracks were burned, three water lines were damaged, a donkey, 90 heads of livestock, and other property were stolen, electricity networks were cut off, four vehicles were set on fire, racist slogans were written, and lands in three areas were levelled.

On 04 September 2025, about 35 Israeli settlers stormed Khelet al-Dabe’, a residential complex located within the firing zone 918 in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and attacked residents with sticks, knives, and gas canisters. The attack injured 14 Palestinians, including seven children, an elderly man, and a woman, and caused damage to several buildings and properties.

On 06 September 2025, Israeli settlers intercepted a Palestinian vehicle on Farsh al-Hawa area in Hebron, forcing an entire family to step out of the vehicle at gunpoint. The settlers then attacked the family members and beat them with sticks. The family consisted of two elderly parents, their two daughters, and two grandchildren. Afterwards, the settlers forced the family to drive the vehicle to a remote area, where they were later released.

On 12 September 2025, settlers took control of the Ayn al-Yanbou‘ spring in Farkha village and turned it into a private recreational area, depriving the villagers of their main source of drinking water.

On 18 September 2025, settlers forcibly displaced two families of 14 individuals, including nine children, from Buriya al-Shuyukh pastoral community, and transferred them to a nearby area in Sa’ir village. These families had previously been displaced from their homes in 2023 due to settler attacks.

On 24 September 2025, a group of Israeli settlers attacked a Beita municipality vehicle with stones and sticks. As a result, the municipality’s mayor and a municipal council member sustained bruises and injuries.

IOF Attacks in Jerusalem:

IOF’s violations and Judaization attempts continued in occupied East Jerusalem by approving the building of hundreds of new settlement units and entrenching their house demolition policy against Palestinians under various pretexts. IOF also continue to impose age-based access restrictions to Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially on Fridays, and enforce strict search procedures.

In addition to house and facility demolitions as elaborated above, PCHR documented the following:

On 01 September 2025, coinciding with the start of the 2025–2026 school year, the education sector in occupied East Jerusalem witnessed a serious escalation, as the Israeli occupation authorities mandated that no new classrooms or schools be built except according to the Israeli curriculum. This measure constitutes a violation of students’ right to education in line with their national and cultural identity. Statistics indicate a severe shortage of classrooms and schools in East Jerusalem.

On 03 September 2025, in a clear violation of freedom of expression and cultural rights, the IOF arrested Anton Sabella, owner of the “Al-Bawwaba” café and library in East Jerusalem, after raiding and searching the library and confiscating several books on the pretext that they contained “inciting content.” He was released in the evening on the condition of being banned from his workplace for two weeks.

On 15 September 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities opened a new section of the settlement tunnel known as the “Pilgrims’ Route” in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in Silwan, south of occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. The opening took place during an official ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, amid tight military measures and a heavy deployment of Israeli soldiers in the area, which was placed under a strict siege. The tunnel extends for 600 meters running from al-Maghariba Square to al-Buraq Wall.

On 20 September 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities imposed restrictions on the residents of three Palestinian villages in northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. Under Israeli Military Order No. 1651, residents are now required to obtain special permits to enter and remain in their own villages. (More details available in PCHR’s press release).

Restriction on freedom of movement and checkpoints

The IOF have intensified the number of checkpoints and roadblocks across the West Bank, further tightening restrictions on freedom of movement between cities and villages and isolating them from one another through checkpoints and metal detector gates placed at village entrances, exceeding 1,008 gates. Some of these gates are never opened, forcing Palestinians to cross them on foot—unless it poses a threat to their lives—to move between Palestinian cities and villages to attend to their needs. In addition to these gates, hundreds of fixed and mobile checkpoints are deployed to further restrict the movement of Palestinians.

On 08 September 2025, the IOF closed the military checkpoints surrounding occupied East Jerusalem, blocking the movement of thousands of vehicles and residents. The closures included the checkpoints leading to Hizma, Al-Jib, Jaba‘, Al-Za’im, as well as the Qalandiya checkpoint. This came as part of collective punishment measures following a shooting attack on the Ramot settlement street, established on the lands of Shu‘fat and Beit Hanina, which resulted in the killing of several Israelis. The tightened measures prevented thousands of Palestinians from reaching their workplaces and universities, while others were forced to turn back after hours of waiting. Meanwhile, the IOF continued to reinforce their restrictions around the villages of Qatanna, Biddu, Beit Duqqu, and Beit Anan, northwest of the city.

The IOF also stormed Biddu and closed its main entrance, known as “the Tunnel,” which connects to Al-Jib village—the only road serving some seventy thousand residents in the area—disrupting the movement of the population and preventing them from entering or exiting. The siege and raids continued for the second and third consecutive days, during which the IOF arrested Al-Qubeiba’s mayor, Nafez Hamouda, after raiding his home, as part of a collective punitive campaign against the village residents following the attack.