More than 100 Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank village of Jalud to block a displaced Palestinian family from returning to their own home, despite a standing order from Israel's High Court of Justice requiring authorities to protect their return, according to multiple reports from the scene.

The Tubasi family had been driven out of the village in July after months of escalating harassment from nearby settlers. The High Court, in a ruling issued September 6 and detailed by the Jerusalem Post, ordered Israeli authorities to arrange the safe return of three Palestinian petitioner families to their Jalud homes within 14 days, directing the IDF and police to escort the families and ensure they could bring in supplies to repair damaged homes and restore water and electricity.

The Return That Wasn't

When the family attempted to go back, settlers moved first. Rioters blocked roads leading into the village, burned tires, hurled stones at the soldiers assigned to escort the family, and set fire to Palestinian property — including the Tubasi family's car, according to the Times of Israel's rolling coverage of the standoff. The Israeli military confirmed that rioting settlers "blocked roads," "set fires" to structures and vehicles, and threw rocks at security forces attempting to carry out the court's order.

SETTLERS BLOCKED ROADS, BURNED TIRES AND SET FIRE TO THE FAMILY'S CAR

Unable to secure the area, the military ultimately placed the Tubasi family members into an armored vehicle and evacuated them from the village a second time — meaning the family, despite winning their case in Israel's highest court, remains unable to live in their own home.

A Pattern of Settler Violence

Reporting from Truthout and other outlets covering the West Bank noted that the Jalud incident fits a broader pattern documented by rights groups and Israeli human rights organizations: court orders mandating the return of displaced Palestinian families to settler-adjacent villages have repeatedly been met with organized resistance from settlers, sometimes with what witnesses describe as limited intervention from security forces on the ground until after property has already been damaged or destroyed.

Israeli police said they were investigating the rioting and had made no immediate announcement of arrests tied to the fires or the stone-throwing. The Tubasi family's legal representatives have not indicated whether they will return to court to seek stronger enforcement of the original order.

What's Next

The case is likely to return to Israel's High Court, where the family's attorneys are expected to argue that the state failed to comply with the September 6 ruling and must provide a security guarantee sufficient to actually enable the family's return — not merely another attempt that ends in evacuation.