Settlers reportedly torch Palestinian fields in one of several attacks across West Bank

Settlers torched fields on the outskirts of the central West Bank Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya on Monday evening, the official Palestinian Authority Wafa news outlet reports.

Palestinian media also reports that the IDF held up a Palestinian ambulance that was trying to reach the village in order to put out the fire.

There was no immediate comment from the IDF.

فلسطين.. النيران تلتهم سهل بلدة ترمسعيا شمال رام الله بعد إشعالها من قبل مستوطنين pic.twitter.com/2Ua4Q65omL

— التلفزيون العربي (@AlarabyTV) August 17, 2026

Turmus Ayya has been one of the Palestinian villages most frequently targeted by settlers, who have established several illegal outposts nearby. The vast majority of the village’s residents hold American citizenship, but they knocked the US government for not doing enough to protect them from the Israeli attacks, which go largely unpunished.

The alleged attack in Turmus Ayya was one of several that took place on Monday evening alone, according to Wafa.

Settlers also raided the northern West Bank Palestinian village of Beita and hurled stones at residents, injuring two of them, Wafa says.

On a road outside the West Bank city of Bethlehem, settlers held up a Palestinian vehicle at gunpoint and proceeded to pepper spray the passengers inside the car, including a young child, according to Arabic media reports.

There are no reports of arrests.

Just another horrific day under Israeli settler terrorism in the West Bank.

Israeli settler terrorists pepper-sprayed Palestinian children after stopping their vehicle and pointing weapons at them on Abu Njeim Road, south of Bethlehem. pic.twitter.com/ghMAiYSOFf

— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) August 17, 2026