Ramallah: The Israeli army on Sunday ordered residents of a Bedouin community in the central West Bank to evacuate and detained three foreign activists, residents said. Mustafa Kaabneh, a resident of the Khalayel Bedouin encampment south of the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, reported that soldiers entered the community early Sunday, delivered a military evacuation order, and arrested three foreign solidarity activists.

According to Anadolu Agency, Kaabneh mentioned that the encampment's 11 families are rejecting the order, fearing illegal settlers would occupy the area. The residents were previously displaced from the nearby Ein Samiya area in Kafr Malik village two years ago following pressure and repeated attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, who later pursued them to their current location.

Another resident, Najeh Kaabneh, informed Anadolu that illegal settler attacks have intensified following Israel's military actions in Gaza in October 2023 and have continued nearly daily, aiming to force residents to leave. Illegal settlers have restricted grazing, carried out threats and assaults, and established an outpost next to the encampment, while Israeli forces have seized vehicles and detained residents.

According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, an official body, illegal Israeli settlers carried out nearly 4,723 attacks against Palestinians and property in the occupied West Bank in 2025, resulting in the deaths of 14 Palestinians and forcing the displacement of 13 Bedouin communities, comprising 1,090 people.

The number of illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank reached 770,000 in more than 180 settlements and 256 settlement outposts by the end of 2024, according to official Palestinian data. The UN stated that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal under international law and undermine prospects for a two-state solution.

According to Palestinian figures, Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 1,110 Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and injured at least 11,500 others since October 2023. The International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal in a landmark opinion in July 2024 and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.