In the West Bank, Israeli settlers vandalized 15 Palestinian-owned vehicles and sprayed racist graffiti on houses in Qaryut. Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Beita, injuring 3 with rubber-coated bullets, including 1 minor. Israeli forces also violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Bayt Dajan, injuring 5 with tear gas. Elsewhere, Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinians in Hebron, injuring 1 journalist with 2 rubber-coated bullets and others with tear gas. (WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 3/11; PCHR 3/17; UNOCHA 3/25)
Israel placed 1 Israeli settler on administrative detention. The Israeli settler is accused of “acts of terror, arson, vandalism and assault” on Israeli left-wing activists in the West Bank and Israel. The settler is the only Jewish person held by Israel on administrative detention and the 1st since the beginning of 2020. Later, on 3/23, an Israeli court reduced the settler’s detention by 2 weeks. (HA 3/11; HA 3/23)