In a series of assaults today, Israeli settler militias launched attacks on Palestinian citizens and their properties in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, and in the village of Yanoun, in the northern West Bank province of Nablus, according to local sources.
In the Masafer Yatta area, a group of colonial settlers, under the protection of the Israeli military, assaulted members of the Shawaheen family while they were plowing their land in the Wadi Jawaya region. The settlers, armed and accompanied by army, prevented the family from plowing their land and restricted their access under the threat of weapons. Additionally, an Israeli surveillance drone was deployed over the area to monitor the movements of the local Palestinian citizens.
In another incident on the same day, settlers targeted the olive harvest in the Yanoun village, located on the outskirts of the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
Rashid Murrar, the head of the Yanou village council, informed WAFA that a group of settlers stole olives on
the eastern side of the village from a land belonging to a resident of Aqraba.
Notably, Israeli occupation forces and settlers have repeatedly used force to prevent local residents from harvesting olives in these areas.
These assaults are part of an ongoing pattern of settler violence and harassment against Palestinian communities, exacerbating tensions in the region and raising concerns about the safety and security of local residents.