More on Israeli settler attacks in West Bank

We previously reported that the Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank are at risk of forced displacement amid renewed Israeli settler attacks on Jinba village in Masafer Yatta.

Allegra Pacheco, from the UK charity West Bank Protection Consortium, told Middle East Eye that “Area C is vital to the viability of a Palestinian state because it connects the As and Bs, but it is also the breadbasket, home to water wells, and the natural expansion area for all of Areas A and B”.

“If Area C is lost, then it really erases the question of whether a Palestinian state could be viable,” she warned.

Under the Oslo Accords, the West Bank was divided into Areas A, B, and C, with major Palestinian population centres in Areas A and B. Area C surrounds and fragments these enclaves, containing smaller Palestinian communities and nearly all Israeli settlements.

New figures from the West Bank Protection Consortium reveal that 46,099 Palestinians - up from 39,252 - across 195 communities the organisation assists in the West Bank now face high or imminent risk of forced displacement.

The number of at-risk communities has also risen from 162 to 177, with nearly 600,000 dunams (60,000 hectares) of land now under threat. Between January 2023 and March 2025, at least 2,220 Palestinians - including 637 children - have been forcibly displaced, affecting 43 communities, 21 of which have been fully evacuated.

Since 7 October 2023, 92 percent of these forced transfers have taken place.