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Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,182 arson attacks targeting Palestinian property and land in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, between Oct. 7, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2026, according to figures released Wednesday by a Palestinian government body.
The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said 809 attacks targeted property, vehicles and facilities, while another 373 affected Palestinian land.
The Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate in the central West Bank and Nablus in the north accounted for 711 incidents, or 60.2% of the total, the commission said.
The figures were released hours after Israeli settlers set fire to more than 100 vehicles at a lot used to collect old and damaged cars in the village of Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
According to the commission, Ramallah and al-Bireh recorded the highest number of incidents, with 376 attacks, including 238 targeting property and 138 affecting land.
Nablus followed with 335 attacks, of which 207 targeted property and 128 affected land.
The southern Hebron governorate recorded 112 incidents, followed by Jenin with 73, Bethlehem with 64, Tulkarem with 61, Salfit with 44 and Qalqilya with 39.
Jerusalem recorded 32 attacks, Tubas 29 and Jericho 17, the commission said.
The commission accused Israeli forces of bearing responsibility not only for attacks carried out directly by soldiers but also for protecting settlers and obstructing Palestinian residents and emergency crews from reaching affected areas.
Early Wednesday, Israeli settlers set fire to more than 100 vehicles at a lot in Lubban al-Sharqiya, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The flames spread to dozens of olive trees, warehouses and streetlights, disrupting electricity supplies and causing several Palestinians to suffer smoke inhalation.
The head of the village council estimated preliminary losses at more than 1 million Israeli shekels.
The commission said the village had previously been targeted April 6, 2026, when settlers set fire to a house, two tents and three vehicles and assaulted residents.
Its October report also documented the burning of two vehicles in the Wadi al-Shaer area between Lubban al-Sharqiya and the Salfit governorate.
The latest figures come amid continued reports of Israeli settler violence across the occupied West Bank.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented 457 settler attacks in October, the highest monthly figure since the agency began recording such incidents in 2006.
The West Bank has also witnessed increased Israeli military raids and settler attacks involving killings, arrests, home demolitions, land leveling and seizures, alongside the expansion of Israeli settlements.
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