24. 2020 年 3 月至 5 月的定居者暴力行为月度发生率比 2019 年同期高 20%以上。41 由于 COVID-19 疫情导致西岸在 3 月和 4 月几乎完全封锁，这一显著增幅尤其令人震惊。据媒体报道，在疫情暴发之初，当一些地区几乎每天都有袭击事件发生时，以色列安全部队似乎并没有对定居者实施行动限制，而且据报曾多次护送定居者。42 4 月 9 日，以色列安全部队据报将来自纳布卢斯周边前哨站和定居点的一个团体，即所谓的“山顶青年”中与一名 COVID-19 确诊患者有过接触的 20 名定居者安置在杰里科附近的一个临时隔离点。其中两人据报在五天后因涉嫌向三名巴勒斯坦人投掷石块和催泪瓦斯并在隔离地附近放火焚烧两辆汽车而被捕。43 人权组织还报告了定居者在袭击期间向巴勒斯坦人吐痰，让他们害怕接触到 COVID-19，并促使受害者进入检疫或自我隔离状态的事件。44 定居者在多起事件中趁巴勒斯坦人因紧急状态而行动受限之机，似乎试图侵占巴勒斯坦土地。45 例如，4 月 6 日，10 名定居者试图在希伯伦省 Ash Shuyukh 村的巴勒斯坦土地上安装围栏。当主人到达时，定居者投掷石块，使用电泰瑟枪和胡椒喷雾，并放出了狗。一名巴勒斯坦人腿部被狗咬伤，其他人则有瘀伤。以色列安全部队抵达后命令巴勒斯坦人离开他们的土地，并发射催泪瓦斯，投掷眩晕手榴弹。巴勒斯坦人向以色列警方提出了控诉。
24. The monthly rate of settler violence from March to May 2020 was over 20 per cent higher than during the same period in 2019. 41 This significant increase is particularly alarming, as it happened despite the almost total lockdown in the West Bank during March and April during the COVID-19 outbreak. Amid almost daily attacks in some areas at the beginning of the outbreak, according to media, Israe li security forces did not appear to enforce the movement restrictions vis-à-vis settlers and reportedly accompanied them on several occasions. 42 On 9 April, Israeli security forces reportedly placed 20 settlers from the so-called “Hilltop Youth”, a group from outposts and settlements around Nablus, in an improvised quarantine site near Jericho, after they had been in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient. Two of them were reportedly arrested five days later, suspected of having thrown stones and tear gas canisters at three Palestinians and of setting fire to two cars near the quarantine site.43 Human rights organizations also reported cases of settlers spitting on Palestinians during attacks, causing fear of exposure to COVID-19 and prompting victims to go into quarantine or self-isolation.44 In several incidents, settlers appeared to attempt to take over Palestinian land, taking advantage of the restricted movement of Palestinians owing to the state of emergency. 45 For example, on 6 April, 10 settlers attempted to install a fence on Palestinian lands in Ash Shuyukh village, Hebron Governorate. When the owners arrived, settlers threw stones, used electric tasers and pepper spray and unleashed dogs. One Palestinian sustained a dog bite to the leg and others bore bruises. When Israeli security forces arrived, they ordered the Palestinians to leave their land, firing tear gas and stun grenades. The Palestinians filed a complaint to the Israeli police.