Days after Israeli forces destroyed three of the Palestinian community's main water wells, residents are scrambling to secure enough water for their families, crops and animals in one of the occupied West Bank's driest regions. How Israeli settler terrorism threatens the basics of Palestinian survival Read More »"We cannot survive here without water," Obeida said. "Now the wells have been destroyed, and there is no reliable source of water left for our families or our livestock." The three destroyed wells supplied more than 47 Palestinian families, around 600 people (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE)Around 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem across roughly 300 settlements and outposts. "The occupation has taken control of many Palestinian water sources, while the water available to Palestinian communities is insufficient for agriculture and sustaining life on the land."