IDF says all suspects fled after arson attack by settlers on West Bank Bedouin encampment

IDF troops and Border Police officers were dispatched to the West Bank Bedouin enclave of Khallet al-Sidra, adjacent to Mukhmas, last night, following an arson attack by Israeli settler extremists.

The military says that the troops scanned the area, but “all of the arson suspects fled and no further findings were located.”

“The investigation of the incident will be conducted later today by the security agencies,” the IDF says.

Several homes in the Bedouin encampment were set on fire in the attack.

Mukhmas and surrounding communities have come under attack from extremist settlers a number of times in recent months.

Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror onslaught, there has been a major surge in attacks by settler extremists on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank.

The IDF recorded over 750 incidents of Jewish nationalistic crime and settler violence in 2025, while the total for 2024 was 675 incidents.

The attacks, which occur on a near-daily basis, largely go unchecked.

Prosecution of Jewish extremists is rare, and convictions are even rarer. Critics have accused the government, described as the most hardline in Israel’s history, of turning a blind eye to the attacks.