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Israeli settlers and soldiers during the attack on Huwwara on October 13, 2022. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Huwwara has been under near constant attack since Thursday afternoon, when groups of armed settlers began attacking several points in the town, primarily on the main road, vandalizing dozens of storefronts and vehicles. The settlers also burned olive trees, and attacked several homes, a local amusement park, and cafe on the outskirts of the town.

“What’s happening right now in Huwwara is terrifying, and it’s a sign of what’s to come in the rest of the West Bank as the settlers continue their violent rampages on Palestinian towns like ours,” Salamah Saleem, a local activist, told Mondoweiss.

We are currently seeing an unprecedented moment of Palestinian resistance across the West Bank. It’s too early to tell where events will lead — whether it’s the historic turning point or the last gasp of protest before something even worse — but what’s certain is that Palestinians are on the precipice of returning to a state of refusal, if not full-fledged resistance, to the settler-colonial reality some would have them ignore. The current moment will ultimately be decided by militant mass support and the expansion of resistance activity to the rest of the West Bank.

An Israeli siege of Shu’fat refugee camp in the West Bank is entering its third day as Israel conducts a manhunt to capture a Palestinian resistance fighter who killed an Israeli soldier this past weekend. Residents of the camp are running low on basic needs and supplies, including necessary medical resources, while the death toll across Palestine continues to rise. In response, the Nablus-based armed resistance group Areen al-Usud has called for strikes across the West Bank in solidarity with Shu’fat and nearby Anata, which is also facing restrictions.