Sunday night was especially tense in Samaria: a large force of Border Police officers and Civil Administration personnel raided a new encampment recently erected near the community of Migdalim.
During the operation, which began in the middle of the night, the forces destroyed several structures and seized logistic equipment and personal items belonging to the residents.
The raid enraged the residents of the area and settlement activists who arrived at the scene to protest the eviction.
After the forces concluded the demolition and left the site, a serious security incident occurred. Hundreds of Palestinian Arabs from nearby villages, who noticed the forces’ presence and the demolitions, began to gather and march toward the encampment.
According to residents, during the incident, incitement was heard from the nearby villages, with the muezzin encouraging the crowds. At one point, a real danger arose for the families in the area.
Intense clashes broke out at the scene, during which the Arab rioters threw rocks and launched fireworks toward the Jewish civilians and the security forces who remained to defend the area.
The residents claim that IDF forces in the area did not initially intervene, and only after a while did additional residents from the area arrive and assist in repelling the rioters.
AFSI’s take:
A raid of this nature is entirely unnecessary. The occurrence of the operation during nighttime, coupled with the involvement of a “large force,” highlights the sensitivity and potential volatility of such situations. This was merely a small encampment of peaceful Jews, not a group of terrorists intent on annihilating Israel. In wartime, this only exacerbates tensions for all inhabitants. We encourage focus on the application of sovereignty throughout Judea and Samaria, and raids like this will cease. Without doing so, Israel’s sovereignty remains under siege.
Source:
Hundreds of Arabs descend on encampment following eviction, by Israel National News, April 6, 2026