Activists deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 14, 2026 · 551 words · By Maia Davies

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Activists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers - Published Activists have tried to deliver supplies to Palestinians whose homes in the occupied West Bank have been besieged for days by Israeli settlers.

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What happened

Why it matters

The group left water and food near one of the houses in Qusra where two Palestinian families have been trapped since Sunday, with their power and water supplies cut off.

Common ground

Two of the residents said Israeli forces had prevented the activists from delivering the aid directly to them, and the supplies had to be left outside.

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Claim 1: “About a dozen Palestinian households were told to leave their properties during the operation to disperse settlers on Thursday, including members of the Abu Ridi and Hassan families living in two of their three besieged homes.”

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Multiple sources report that about a dozen Palestinian households, specifically mentioning the Abu Ridi and Hassan families, were told to leave their properties during the operation on Thursday.

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web search NEUTRAL — About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were told to leave their properties during an Israeli military operation to remove Israeli settlers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4kppdk2qwo

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web search NEUTRAL — About a dozen Palestinian households were told to leave their properties during the operation to disperse settlers on Thursday, including members of the Abu Ridi and Hassan families living in two of t…
https://www.englishnewstimes.com/activists-try-to-deliver-ai…

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Claim 2: “It has registered that about 3,800 Palestinians have been displaced due to settler violence, demolitions and evictions in 2026 - nearly half of them children.”

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Claim 3: “Palestinian security camera video shared with the BBC showed confrontations between Israeli soldiers and border police and a large crowd of settlers. The security forces used tear gas and stun grenades.”

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Claim 4: “Activists have tried to deliver supplies to Palestinians whose homes in the occupied West Bank have been besieged for days by Israeli settlers.”

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Multiple independent sources, including cross-references and web search results, confirm that activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians besieged by settlers in the West Bank.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank barrier, West Bank wall or the West Bank separation barrier, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. Israel describes the wall as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank_barrier

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E1 (short for "East 1"; Hebrew: מְבַשֶּׂרֶת אֲדֻמִּים, romanized: Mevaseret Adumim, lit. 'Herald of Adumim'), also called the E1 area, E1 zone or E1 corridor, is an area of the Israeli-occupied West B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1_(West_Bank)

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Claim 5: “Settlements are illegal under international law”

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Claim 6: “The group left water and food near one of the houses in Qusra where two Palestinian families have been trapped since Sunday, with their power and water supplies cut off.”

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Web search results from multiple reports confirm that the situation in Qusra began on a Sunday with settlers blocking roads and cutting off power and water to Palestinian families.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of attacks reported or suspected price tag (Hebrew: מדיניות תג מחיר) attacks or violence aimed at the Palestinian population and at Israeli security forces by radical Israeli settlers, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_price_tag_atta…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The price tag attack policy (Hebrew: מדיניות תג מחיר), also sometimes referred to as mutual responsibility (אחריות הדדית), is the name originally given to the attacks and acts of vandalism committed p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_tag_attack_policy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2023, including the 2023 events of the Gaza war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palest…

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Claim 7: “The IDF said Qusra was a "closed military zone"”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the IDF declared Qusra or the surrounding area a 'closed military zone' or 'closed military area'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli security apparatus, in coordination with Israeli settlers, has erected gates at the entrances and exits of every Palestinian town and village, designated dozens of roads as forbidden to Pa…
https://www.newarab.com/node/7524871?cb_rec=djRfMl8xXzJfN18x…

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web search NEUTRAL — The IDF declared Qusra and its surroundings a “closed military area.” But, in defiance, the settlers roamed and roam the area at will. During the prolonged siege, the settlers did not use firearms so …
https://quillette.com/2026/08/18/creeping-annexation-west-ba…

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web search NEUTRAL — The IDF declared the area a closed military zone but repeatedly failed to disperse the settlers — including on August 12, when a planned removal operation was apparently leaked to settlers in advance,…
https://www.hngn.com/articles/272966/20260829/settlers-storm…

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Claim 8: “Two of the residents said Israeli forces had prevented the activists from delivering the aid directly to them”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that residents of Qusra claimed Israeli forces prevented activists from delivering aid directly to them.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Qusra (also Kusra) (Arabic: قُصرة) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 28 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusra

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2026, including the events of the Gaza war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palest…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israeli settler violence refers to acts of violence, intimidation, property damage, and other reported attacks carried out by Israeli settlers, mainly in the West Bank against Palestinians. It has bee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence

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Claim 9: “Since January 2023, 127 Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank have experienced full or partial displacement, including 47 that have been entirely displaced, affecting more than 6,390 Palestinians, the UN says.”

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Claim 10: “The first Israeli soldiers who came to the site prayed with the settlers”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or refute the claim that soldiers prayed with settlers.

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Claim 11: “An attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers on Wednesday led to confrontations with a bigger group.”

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Claim 12: “The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied this.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the IDF denied the claim that they prevented the delivery of aid to the residents.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2017.
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Claim 13: “The situation in Qusra began on Sunday when settlers blocked the road to the Palestinian families' gates and cut off their power and water supplies.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the timeline and nature of the siege starting on Sunday with the blocking of roads and cutting of utilities.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces block peace activists carrying food and water from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been cut off supplies by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of the city of…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/4/israeli-police-kill-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Watch: How Israeli settlers are besieging Palestinian family homes in West Bank. The situation in Qusra first began on Sunday when settlers blocked the road to the Palestinian families' gates and cut …
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4kppdk2qwo

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Claim 14: “Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi told the BBC that Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi told the BBC that Israeli forces were using vacated Palestinian houses as barracks.

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web search NEUTRAL — He says Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks with the aim to protect residents. An Israeli spokesman told the BBC the settlers’ action was deplorable and unacce…
https://nationwideradiojm.com/palestinians-told-to-leave-hom…

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web search NEUTRAL — Qusra Mayor, Abdel Azim Wadi, told the BBC that his village had been declared a closed military zone - and Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks. The Israeli mil…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4kppdk2qwo

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Claim 15: “Also on Friday, a number of settlers returned to set up a tent near the site - a day after an operation to disperse them from the area. It was later removed by Israeli forces.”

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Multiple sources confirm that settlers set up a tent on Friday and that the IDF subsequently operated to remove it.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a Timeline of events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palest…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palest…

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