Settlers cut main water line near Khan al-Ahmar

Settlers cut a main water line near Khan al-Ahmar east of occupied Jerusalem, depriving the communities of al-Muhtoush, al-Ara'ara, and al-Tabna of drinking and irrigation water. The Jerusalem Governorate said the attack is part of a series of violations targeting Bedouin communities under a policy of pressure and forcible displacement. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented over 1,330 settler attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of 2026.

Settlers cut a main water line near the Khan al-Ahmar area east of occupied Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Jerusalem Governorate on Friday. The governorate said settlers severed the main water line supplying the communities of al-Muhtoush, al-Ara'ara, and al-Tabna, depriving residents of drinking and irrigation water. The governorate considered the attack part of an ongoing series of violations targeting Bedouin communities east of Jerusalem, within a policy of pressuring citizens and forcing them to leave. In a related context, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented over 1,330 attacks involving settlers in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of 2026, resulting in deaths and damage to Palestinian property. Also today, settlers stormed the outskirts of the towns of Sinjil, Atara, and Umm Safa in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, where they entered the archaeological site of Khirbat Abu al-Auf north of Sinjil and Wadi al-Zaytun near Umm Safa, and grazed on citizens' lands. These events come amid escalating settler attacks on Bedouin communities in the West Bank.

Settlers cut main water line near Khan al-Ahmar