Israeli occupation forces and illegal colonizers carried out a series of coordinated violations across several communities in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, including home invasions, demolition notices, assaults, abductions, and the establishment of a new colonial outpost.
Local activist Osama Makhamra reported that the Israeli “Civil Administration” invaded the Al‑Abadiyya area near the village of Umm Qissa and delivered demolition and stop‑construction notices targeting several homes and structures.
The notices were issued to properties belonging to Naif Ali Al‑Atimin, Ahmad Naif Al‑Atimin, Lu’ay Ahmad Nayef Al‑Atimin, Younis Nayef Al‑Atimin, Ismail Nayef Al‑Atimin, and Adel Nayef Al‑Atimin.
In Khirbet Al‑Markaz, a colonizer assaulted a woman, Widad Makhamra, and a young child after breaking into their home, and also beat a guard dog during the attack.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers stormed the Wadi Al‑Jawaya community in Masafer Yatta, abducted two Palestinians, Mahmoud Jibril Nawaj’a and Jabr Ahmad Nawaj’a, and seized their vehicle before withdrawing.
In a related development, Ratib Al‑Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular and National Committees Against the Wall and Colonization in southern Hebron, said that Israeli colonizers began establishing a new colonial outpost in the Birin area, south of Hebron.
Rights groups and local monitors have documented repeated attempts by colonizers to expand outposts in Birin and surrounding areas, part of a broader effort to tighten settlement control over Palestinian‑owned land in the South Hebron Hills.
Furthermore, Israeli forces posted new military orders on several homes and structures in the area, as confirmed by photographs showing official notices issued by the so‑called Civil Administration.
The violations included physical assaults against Palestinian residents, targeting elders, women, and children, in addition to attacks on their property, livestock, and guard dogs.
Residents reported that colonizers damaged belongings, beat a guard dog, harassed shepherds, disrupted livestock grazing, and in some incidents stole livestock, alongside the confiscation of vehicles and the issuance of demolition and stop‑construction notices.
These actions form part of a consistent pattern of pressure and intimidation aimed at displacing Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta.
In related news, Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across several West Bank districts at dawn Thursday, storming homes, assaulting residents, and abducting many Palestinians, among them six in Hebron, including women and children, while Israeli colonizers—escorted by soldiers—also stormed Islamic shrines in the village of ‘Awarta near Nablus.
