And if we say, ‘This is my land,’ they start to shoot live.” Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has intensified. Extremist Israeli settlers have been emboldened in what Palestinians say is an increased effort to seize their land with support from the Israeli Army. On Oct. 13, Sami Hourani’s cousin Zacharia al-Adara was shot and wounded by an Israeli settler in the Palestinian village of at-Tuwani. In 2012, Israel’s Security Agency accused him of leading covert and violent activity against Palestinians, and he was temporarily banned from entering the West Bank. In the past seven weeks alone, the U.N. says more than 1,000 villagers have been forced to leave their homes due to settler violence across the West Bank.

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Persons: ’, Sami, Zacharia al, Adara, Zacharia, Zvi, He’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Dalal al, Awad, They’ve Organizations: West Bank, Israeli Army, Observers, Israel’s Security Agency Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Zacharia, Tuba, Ma’on