Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank

A Palestinian farmer next to an olive tree cut by Israeli settlers in Jinsafut, in the northern West Bank. Photo by OCHA

October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or both – an average of eight incidents per day.

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Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (5 November 2025)

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Figures that are yet-to-be verified by the UN are attributed to their source. Casualty numbers have been provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Israeli authorities. The fatality breakdowns currently cited are those that the MoH in Gaza has fully identified as of 7 October 2025 out of the higher number of casualties they report. The latest casuality updates are also available on the Health Cluster’s Unified Dashboard.

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UN Relief Chief calls for protection of Palestinians in West Bank

A vandalized olive grove near Al Mughayyir, October 2025. Photo by OCHA

Statement on the West Bank by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (New York, 4 November 2025) Reports of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank continue. Many are related to Palestinians’ attempts to harvest their olive crops. Palestinians have been killed and injured. Their homes and property damaged. Their livestock attacked. More trees have been damaged and more communities affected this year than in the previous six years.

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