Two outposts dismantled. One Israeli detained.

Night Five in Qusra

August 13, 2026 · Ibid.

Night-time cartoon: a dark, shuttered Palestinian house, its electricity meter wire-sealed with a red CUT OFF tag and a chalk tally reading NIGHT 5 on the wall. An orange extension cord and a green garden hose run from the sealed meter and sealed standpipe across twenty feet of dust to a floodlit settler barbecue camp, where a soldier turns skewers, a settler dances, hose water fills a drinks cooler, and a badge-labelled Mike Huckabee sits on a plastic chair saying 'I called it terror.'

The UN human rights office says Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian families — 15 people including two children — in Qusra, occupied West Bank, for a fifth night, with their water and electricity cut off since Sunday. OHCHR said the actions are 'supported or acquiesced to by Israel, the Occupying Power' and warned time is running out before the families are forcibly displaced. The Israeli military said it dismantled two illegal outposts and detained one Israeli; US ambassador Mike Huckabee called the settlers' actions 'terror'.