{"id":18630,"date":"2025-06-10T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18630"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:05:05","slug":"under-siege-palestinian-father-turns-home-into-electrified-fortress-to-protect-family-from-settler-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/10\/under-siege-palestinian-father-turns-home-into-electrified-fortress-to-protect-family-from-settler-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Under Siege: Palestinian Father Turns Home into Electrified Fortress to Protect Family from Settler Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In Al-Mughayyir, a village east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, Abdul Latif Abu Alia (54) has turned his family home into a fortified enclosure, surrounded by electrified barbed wire, in a desperate attempt to protect his children from repeated Israeli settler attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1197\">His house, located on the town\u2019s eastern edge, has been attacked numerous times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-29\" data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1270\">\u201cIn every settler raid, my family is nearly wiped out,\u201d Abu Alia says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1413\">Last year, a young man was killed inside the home, and cars were torched\u2014an event that pushed him to seek any means to secure his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1523\">He spent $3,000 USD, money he had hoped to use to build a garden for his children, on the barbed wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-30\" data-start=\"1526\" data-end=\"1585\">\u201cMy kids deserve a playground, but protection comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1635\">While his children play in the yard, he notes:\u201cThey don\u2019t know fear\u2014they belong here. But danger is always near; the settlers are just meters away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1835\">Nearby, settlers roam freely with their cattle, damaging farmland and claiming territory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18632\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Abdul Latif Abu Alia  spent $3,000 USD, money he had hoped to use to build a garden for his children, on the barbed wire.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-2-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-2-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-2-780x470.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facing constant attacks from armed Israeli settlers, a Palestinian father in Al-Mughayyir transforms his home into a fortified enclosure with electrified fencing to protect his family from settler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1883\">Daily Terror and Home as a Prison<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"2002\">Abu Alia is now unable to access even his own olive groves, as venturing out is met with gunfire from settlers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-32\" data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2051\">\u201cThey tell us no Palestinian is welcome here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2159\">Determined to stay, he clings to his home, armed only with faith and piles of stones on his rooftop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-33\" data-start=\"2162\" data-end=\"2197\">\u201cThese rocks are our only weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2355\">The walls of his house bear bullet marks, and when the Israeli army discovered his electrified fence, they interrogated him and photographed the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-34\" data-start=\"2358\" data-end=\"2445\">\u201cThe warning signs are to keep out stray dogs, wild pigs&#8230; and settlers,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-35\" data-start=\"2449\" data-end=\"2549\">\u201cWhether they permit it or not, I have no other choice. The occupation doesn\u2019t want any of us here.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2599\">Al-Mughayyir: A Village Under Siege<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"2601\" data-end=\"2726\">According to Mayor Amin Abu Alia, several homes have now been encircled with wire in response to daily settler raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-36\" data-start=\"2730\" data-end=\"2791\">\u201cWe\u2019ve lost count of the attacks. They happen day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"2793\" data-end=\"2912\">Since October 7, 2023, six new Israeli settler outposts have surrounded the village, tightening the blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-37\" data-start=\"2915\" data-end=\"2994\">\u201cAll roads are closed except one, and they built a settler outpost next to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"2996\" data-end=\"3115\">Al-Mughayyir once held 43,000 dunams (43 sq. km) of land; now just 980 dunams remain under Palestinian control.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12682\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12682 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kol-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli forces and settlers continue violent raids across the West Bank\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kol-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kol-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kol.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli settler terrorism in the West Bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-21\" data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3156\">Organized Settler Violence<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"3158\" data-end=\"3283\">The mayor warns that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/04\/13\/israeli-settler-found-dead-near-ramallah-sparks-retaliatory-attacks-latest-updates\/\">settlers<\/a> are trained and often Israeli army veterans, launching coordinated and armed raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-38\" data-start=\"3287\" data-end=\"3382\">\u201cResidents in the outer areas have caged themselves in wire prisons to protect their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\" data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3394\">He adds:\u201cImagine building a prison for your family, where children wake not to gardens\u2014but to barbed wire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\" data-start=\"3498\" data-end=\"3710\">According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, May alone saw 415 settler attacks across the West Bank, ranging from armed assaults, arson, and land seizures to roadblocks and live executions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-25\" data-start=\"3717\" data-end=\"3759\">Broader Context: War on Two Fronts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\" data-start=\"3761\" data-end=\"4010\">Amid Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza, violence in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has escalated.<br data-start=\"3873\" data-end=\"3876\" \/>At least 973 Palestinians have been killed, around 7,000 injured, and over 17,000 arrested, according to Palestinian data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-27\" data-start=\"4012\" data-end=\"4219\">Backed by unconditional U.S. support, Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has resulted in over 179,000 casualties\u2014mostly women and children\u2014with more than 11,000 missing and hundreds of thousands displaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In Al-Mughayyir, a village east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, Abdul Latif Abu Alia (54) has turned his family home into a fortified enclosure, surrounded by electrified barbed wire, in a desperate attempt to protect his children from repeated Israeli settler attacks. 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