# Night watch in the West Bank

> Palestinians in occupied villages organize armed night patrols to defend homes from Israeli settler attacks.
- Title: Night watch in the West Bank · Al Jazeera | Shortify
- Summary: Palestinians in occupied villages organize armed night patrols to defend homes from Israeli settler attacks. Palestinians in al-Mughayyir and Sinjil have…
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- Source: Al Jazeera — https://aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/19/the-night-watch-palestinians-protecting-their-homes-from-settler-pogroms?traffic_source=rss
- Author: Fayha Shalash
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: occupied west bank, palestinian villages, settler violence, al-mughayyir, sinjil, night patrols, news, world, politics
## Home under siege
Abdul Rahman Jabr, thirty-two, built his home in al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, in early two thousand twenty-three before his marriage. Israeli settlers attacked it more than a year ago.
## Barbed wire and family
After the attack, Jabr installed barbed wire to fend off future settler pogroms. He now lives there with his wife and their two-year-old daughter as attacks intensify.
## Organized defense
Palestinians in Sinjil have taken up guard shifts at night to protect the occupied West Bank town from settler attacks. The village sits in an area with a long history of settler violence.
## Key takeaway

Palestinians in al-Mughayyir and Sinjil have begun night guard shifts to protect their homes from intensifying Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank.