At least 3 Palestinians hospitalized in multiple settler attacks on West Bank villages

Several Palestinians were injured in multiple attacks by settler extremists on Monday, with at least three being evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment, according to Palestinian media.

In one attack in the West Bank village of Luban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, settlers reportedly set fire to two tents used for housing and three vehicles in the village.

Pictures taken from the scene showed the Hebrew phrases “Zionists revenge” and “Price Tag” were spray-painted in black on some of the property.

“Price Tag” is a term used to describe acts of vandalism and violence associated with the settler movement in retaliation for Palestinian attacks and to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government’s pro-Palestinian policies. Mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups, and even Israeli military bases have been targeted in such assaults.

There were no reports of any arrests.

Later Monday, Palestinian media outlets reported that a 70-year-old man was attacked by settlers in Mukhmas, north of Jerusalem. Mukhmas has been attacked repeatedly by Jewish extremists in recent months.

مليشيات المستوطنين تهاجم فجر اليوم منطقة الوادي الشمالي لقرية اللبن الشرقية جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/nv7cuxAoKi

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According to the reports, the man was evacuated to a hospital by the Red Crescent after settlers beat him.

No further details about the incident were immediately available.

Palestinian media outlets also published footage of a purported settler attack on a Palestinian family between the villages of Silwad and Yabrud, in the Ramallah area.

#فيديو| مستوطنون يعتدون على سيدة حامل وعدد من المواطنين على أطراف بلدة سلواد شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/VMd1DkQV7a

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) April 6, 2026

The footage showed masked individuals kicking and beating several people near a Palestinian vehicle. Reports also claimed that one of the women who was assaulted is pregnant.

No further details on the attack were reported, though some outlets claimed that settlers stole some 15 head of sheep from Yabrud.

Police arrest 8 suspects in settler rampage

On Sunday, Israeli police officers arrested eight people suspected of partaking in a settler rampage through a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank the day before.

The suspects, whose ages range from 13 to 48, were accused of setting fire to Palestinian residents’ homes and two chicken coops in Qusra, and badly injuring a 32-year-old man employed in the village.

He was left with a serious head injury and was taken to the hospital for further treatment.

The suspects were arrested near the site of the attack, police said, as part of an ongoing investigation into the incident. Police also seized an army-grade M16 assault rifle from one of the suspects.

The West Bank has recently seen a wave of rising extremist settler violence against Palestinians. Violent attacks by radical elements against Palestinians and civil rights activists seeking to protect them have become a daily occurrence in the West Bank.

Prosecutions in the spate of near-daily settler attacks in the West Bank are rare, and convictions are even rarer. Critics have accused the government, said to be the most right-wing in Israel’s history, of shrugging off the attacks.

Last month, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issued a sharp condemnation of settler violence, calling attacks against Palestinian civilians and soldiers in the West Bank “morally and ethically unacceptable,” and a major strategic impediment.