LONDON: Israeli settlers on Thursday attacked a Palestinian Bedouin community near the town of Jaba’ in the occupied West Bank, northeast of East Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Governorate said members of Al-Ma’azi community are frequently the targets of attacks by settlers who want to seize land in Jaba’ to expand their Adam settlement and connect it with the Binyamin settlement.

The community consists of approximately 40 families — about 200 people in total, 70 of whom are under the age of 18 — and they live in harsh conditions lacking necessities, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Bedouins near Jerusalem face ongoing assaults by settlers and Israeli forces designed to displace Palestinians and expand settlements, Jerusalem Governorate said.

More than 33 Palestinian Bedouin communities have been displaced by Israeli authorities from 66 locations in the West Bank since late 2023, resulting in the forced transfer of 2,373 residents, according to officials figures from the Palestinian Authority.

Last week, 20 Palestinian families from the Shallal Al-Auja community moved from their homes north of Jericho to another area in the face of repeated attacks and threats by Israeli settlers.