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Israeli Settlers Damage Power Line and Seize Spring in West Bank
On 3 July 2026 settlers cut electricity to al-Maniya village and took control of Ein Rawabi spring, the only water source for local Bedouin shepherds and 1,300 sheep. Additional attacks damaged greenhouses near Tulkarem and seized property in Jalud village.
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Israeli settlers damaged the main electricity line supplying al-Maniya village southeast of Bethlehem on 3 July 2026, cutting power to the community, Al Jazeera reported. The incident marked the second such attack on the village that week. Hours later, settlers vandalised agricultural greenhouses near the Shufa military checkpoint southeast of Tulkarem, tearing protective nets on facilities owned by a family from Shufa village.
Settlers also took control of Ein Rawabi spring northeast of Jerusalem after vandalising the site, the only water source for local Bedouin shepherds and their roughly 1,300 sheep, according to the Jerusalem Governorate. In Jalud village, settlers seized the property of Mohammad Salameh while he was building a home for his recently engaged son.
Salameh told Reuters that appeals to Israeli authorities had not helped and that he fears neighbouring Palestinian properties will also be seized.
“If there is law and order, then they [Israeli settlers] will leave,” Salameh said. ” Attacks by Israeli settlers in recent weeks have included raids on homes and attempts to run over Palestinians with vehicles, Wafa reported. Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land rose by 130 percent since 2023, a United Nations inquiry found last month.
An estimated 500,000 Israelis live among roughly 3 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
