Settlers Assault Farmers and Seize Olive Harvest in Hebron

Hebron, West Bank – A group of Israeli settlers, accompanied by an Israeli army force, attacked Palestinian farmers and seized their olive harvest in the Masafer Yatta region, south of Hebron, according to local sources.

According to Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA, settlers confronted the Mes’ef family while they were collecting olives on their property in the Khirbet Quweqes area of Masafer Yatta. The settlers took the harvested olives and a tractor belonging to the Palestinian farmers, further escalating tensions in the region.