Israel's cabinet voted to extend legal status to 19 previously illegal settlements late last night,

formalizing more control of land in the West Bank.

Attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinian communities there have increased sharply since the October 7th Hamas attacks in Israel.

As Leila Malana Allen reports, theler's violence continues with few apparent consequences.

A warning, some images in this report are disturbing.

Masked gangs of settlers marauding through the streets, armed with bats and Molotov cocktails.

Cars and homes smashed apart

and set on fire. This is now the daily reality for Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

As the violence spreads, no one is safe. A centuries-old olive grove in ruins, flames licking at the

stones of a 5th century church.

They attacked us, moved their sheep into the churchyard, and they even tried to burn the church.

There's no difference between how the settlers treat Muslims or Christians.

Daiba is one of the oldest continuously settled Christian communities in the world.

It appears in both the Old and new testaments. Everything began in this land. Usually at this time of year, the valley would be

full of olive pickers. Now, locals are too afraid to venture onto their own land. The trees are dying,

their fruit rotting on the branch. Across the valley, the hills are dominated by settlements.

Even as we stand here, we can see a car from a local settlement patrolling the groves.

Fleeing the relentless attacks, Christian residents have started to emigrate to the United States in droves.

The village has lost two dozen families already.

How is this for you personally the responsibility? Huge and over my capacity. But I have to be standing always and to raise my head up because

I'm Palestinian and Christian and priest.

They've done what they can to replant the burned trees, but an olive tree takes nearly a decade to reach maturity.

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