Khirbet Yarza 12/3/2026: At 7.30am men dressed in military uniforms raided the house of Abu Faris. It is believed that these were settlers dressed in military uniforms, but this has not been confirmed. They went through the house, ordering all the women and children into one room and all the men outside. The international activist who remained with thee women and children inside said: “The children were visibly frightened. We could see through the window to witness what was happening outside. They made the men kneel, with their hands behind their heads, against the wall outside and confiscated their phones.”

Family friends, who had Tubas ID’s, were visiting the family – they were ordered to leave and ‘escorted’ back to their home in Tubas. The military/settlers claimed this was because they were ‘investigating problems’ in Khirbet Yarza. They questioned everyone who was in the house, asking them to justify why they were there. When they questioned one of the internationals they said that the people of Tubas and Tamoun “have a smell and are aggressive” exposing their unveiled racism. They ordered the internationals to leave.

This time there were no arrests.