‘We never leave’: Palestinians besieged in West Bank fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

Israeli soldiers are seen as Israeli settlers set-up a tent just outside the entrance of a besieged Palestinian family home in the village of Qusra, south of the city Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2026. © Jaafar Ashtiye, AFP

For nearly a week, Israeli settlers have been surrounding homes in the West bank village of Qusra in a coordinated offensive to force Palestinian residents from their homes in order to seize new land.

Palestinian Amin Rahal and his three brothers haven't gone to work in weeks, instead taking turns guarding what remains of their land atop a West Bank hill from incursions by nearby settlers.