Tied to a Tree: Israeli Settlers Kidnap Palestinian Children Near Nablus in Shocking Act of Terror

Watan-In a scene that surpasses the bounds of horror, Palestinians documented a gruesome crime committed by Israeli settlers near the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, where they kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to an olive tree in a remote area before fleeing to a nearby settlement outpost.

The victims were Maryam, a 13-year-old girl, and her 3-year-old brother Ahmad. They had been playing near their home when a group of armed settlers approached them, forcibly took them, and tied them with ropes to the trunk of a tree.

An eyewitness — the children’s uncle, Mohammad Hanani — said that his two young daughters witnessed the incident and informed him, prompting him to chase after the settlers. He later found the children unconscious.

Attempts by one of the children’s relatives to intervene failed, as he was met with a stone attack by the settlers, who later fled in a four-wheel-drive vehicle toward the nearby settlement outpost, which had been recently established following the start of the Israeli war on Gaza.

Settlers Tie Palestinian Children to Tree Near Nablus

The incident, described as the first of its kind in the town, sparked widespread outrage on social media. It was considered a dangerous escalation in the daily assaults on Palestinian children, which range from beatings and kidnappings to killings — all under the protection and complicity of the Israeli army.

The same area has been experiencing a systematic escalation since the new settlement outpost was established. Settlers have burned vehicles, vandalized crops, and attacked homes, amid efforts to impose a new reality aimed at forcibly displacing the Palestinian residents.

Mohammad Hanani affirms that the real aim of these assaults is not merely to spread fear, but rather “to empty the land of its people,” in order to establish full control in favor of the settlement project.

This scene unfolds at a time when settler violence is escalating under the cover of an extremist Israeli government, while accountability remains absent, justice is deferred, and Palestinian childhood is the greatest casualty.