Armed Israeli settlers invading Hebron (archive image - source: ISM)
Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked, on Friday, several Palestinian citizens and their property in many regions of the occupied West Bank, with the full support of the Israeli army.

Jericho

On Friday afternoon, about 100 illegal Israeli colonizers stormed a Bedouin gathering in the Wadi al-Qilt area, southwest of Jericho in the Jordan Valley.


According to Palestinian citizen, Nader Musa Kaabneh, a large group of Israeli settlers stormed a family gathering of about 30 members, hurled rocks at them, damaging a vehicle and stealing another.

Kaabneh added that after closing the dirt roads leading to the area, the colonists threatened the citizens at gunpoint, forcing them to leave the area.

Nablus

In the northern West Bank, a group of illegal Israeli colonizers stole, on Friday morning, olives belonging to local Palestinian citizens in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, according to Rashid Marar, head of the village council of Yanun.

According to Fouad Hassan, a local anti-settlement activist, on Friday evening, a group of illegal Israeli colonizers from the “Esh Kodesh” settlement outpost, cut down 50 olive trees belonging to the citizen, Jawdat Aref. in the town of Qusra, southeast of Nablus.

In the afternoon, a group of illegal settlers from the “Rahalim” colony stormed a commercial shop, damaged its doors and contents, and stole property belonging to the citizen, Tamer Odeh Abdullah, in As-Sawiya town, south of Nablus.

Salfit

In the central part of the occupied West Bank, illegal Israeli colonizers under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces stormed, on Friday evening, the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, northwest of Salfit.

The colonizers fired live ammunition at Palestinian citizens, stole money from one of them, and destroyed several vehicles.

When local citizens attempted to confront the invading settlers, the army fired live bullets and threw tear gas canisters at those who resisted the attack, without causing any injuries.

Bethlehem

According to Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, illegal Israeli colonists planted forest trees, on Friday, on about 300 dunams of Palestinian-owned lands near the village of Beit/Wadi Rahal, south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Hebron

Under the full protection of the occupation army, a group of illegal Israeli colonists attacked the Al-Shawahin family while they were plowing their land in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, on Friday morning.

The settlers prevented the farmers from plowing their land, forcing them at gunpoint to leave the area, and launched a drone in the area.

Meanhwile in Masafer Yatta, a group of paramilitary colonizers under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attacked Palestinian shepherds.

On Friday evening, the colonizers and the army forcibly removed sheep herders from the Aliyan Awad family to leave their lands, while the settlers allowed their own herds to graze in the pastures.

Furthermore, according to Muhammad Rab’i, the head of the Al-Tawana Village Council, illegal settlers in addition to occupation soldiers invaded the Al-Tawana area in Masafer Yatta.

Rab’i added that the army abducted Amjad Musa Rab’i, on Friday afternoon, while colonists attacked his home and the homes of his two brothers, assaulting them and threatening them with death.