Sunday - Corporal Nehorai Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was killed in an explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon. Another soldier was seriously wounded. The drone was launched at engineering troops in the village of Dabbal, where they were engaged in demolishing buildings.
Settlers cut down 40 ancient olive trees near the town of Salfit.
Monday - Starting at 3:00 a.m., a large-scale operation began to confiscate vehicles, tractors, and water tanks in military firing zones in the Jordan Valley. The operation took place in Al-Farisiya, Al-Jiftlik, Khirbet Humsa, and Ras al-Ahmar. The army confiscated more than 40 vehicles, including tractors, as well as mobile water tanks. The operation, involving dozens of soldiers from the Jordan Valley Brigade and Border Police officers, was conducted in designated firing zones. According to the army, its purpose was to prevent entry into the firing zones, where presence is “contrary to the law.” The declaration of “firing zones” is one of the methods used by the state to dispossess Palestinian residents of their land. The vast majority of firing zones in the West Bank (80 percent) are not used for military training at all. According to a report in Haaretz, soldiers ignored residents’ complaints about water shortages, while Israeli outposts exist within those same firing zones.
Tuesday - The Civil Administration expropriated the Nabi Samuel complex (the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel) from the Palestinian Waqf (an Islamic religious endowment). To the best of current knowledge, this is the first expropriation order involving a holy site owned by the Waqf. The order applies to an area of 110 dunams and includes a prominent mosque visible from afar. The expropriated site also contains an archaeological site, a spring, and agricultural land. The stated justification for the expropriation is “public benefit, for the implementation of a project to develop and preserve the archaeological site of the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel.”
Local council heads and security coordinators in communities surrounding Gaza expressed anger over a Home Front Command announcement regarding cuts to maintenance budgets for security infrastructure. They argue that the cuts will affect the construction and repair of fences, installation and maintenance of lighting, and funding for security vehicles. According to them, basic security components, including warning systems and other protective measures, will also be affected. No budget cuts were reported for settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank).
Wednesday - Corporal Rotem Yanai, 20, from Givat Ada, a welfare NCO in the Givati Brigade, was killed in an explosive drone attack on a military post in Shomera. Two soldiers were wounded, one seriously and one moderately.
The European Union imposed sanctions on organizations and individuals described as “extremist settlers,” including the Nachala Movement and its director Daniella Weiss, the Regavim Movement and its director Meir Deutsch, the Hashomer Yosh Movement and its president Avichai Suissa, and the Amana Movement.
Settlers set fire to a vehicle in Khirbet al-Soud near the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin.
A Palestinian stopped on the side of the main road near Mu’arajat to assist his cousin whose vehicle had broken down. Two settlers stopped and threw stones at him, damaging the windshield, exterior bodywork, and rear light of the vehicle. They then assaulted the three Palestinians present. According to the victims, thousands of shekels were also stolen from the vehicle’s glove compartment before the attackers left.
Settlers who had previously been active in the displacement of herding communities in Mu’arajat and Ras Ein al-Auja returned and attacked the Dar Abu Faza’ Ka’abneh community near Taybeh Junction (where Allon Road meets Route 449). Seven illegal outposts have been established around the village. According to a report by Gideon Levy (Haaretz), all 12 neighboring herding communities have left due to fear of settler violence.
Thursday - Israeli security forces were included in a blacklist published by the United Nations of entities responsible for conflict-related sexual violence. UN Secretary-General António Guterres submitted the 2025 report to members of the Security Council. The Secretary-General stated in the report that the Israel Prison Service, the Israel Defense Forces, and the Yamam counterterrorism unit were responsible for sexual crimes against Palestinians, primarily in detention facilities. “The violations included rape, including rape with objects, gang rape, violence against genital organs including gunfire directed at genital organs, touching of breasts and genitals, strip searches and invasive body searches, forced nudity, and threats of rape.”
Saturday - Staff Sergeant Michael Tyukin, 21, from Ashkelon, a soldier in the Givati Reconnaissance Unit, was killed in a drone explosion in southern Lebanon. Four additional soldiers were lightly wounded. Twenty-five soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the current round of fighting along the Lebanese border. Four civilians have also been killed.
At least seven Palestinians were injured by live fire and physical assault during a settler attack on the village of Madama, near Burin south of Nablus. Israeli forces detained activists in the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Settlers broke into a Palestinian home on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah. Settlers surrounded and seized a vehicle belonging to Palestinians who were on their way to their land and had been stopped by the army, then pushed the vehicle off a cliff near the town of Deir Abu Mash’al.
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