The attack came days after Israeli authorities seized 464.4 dunams of the town’s land under the pretext of “state land” to expand illegal settlement activity in the area, the Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission had said.
The Jerusalem Governorate also said an illegal settler released his sheep among the homes of residents in the Ka’abneh-Kasarat community near the town of Anata, in a “provocative attack” targeting the Palestinian community and its residents.
The illegal Israeli settler deliberately wandered with his sheep among the houses, obstructing the movement of residents and preventing them from entering or leaving the community, the governorate added.
In the southern occupied West Bank, local sources said a group of settlers stormed the area and surrounded a Palestinian home in the Sha’ab al-Batim area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and cut the electricity supply to the house.
The Masafer Yatta area is witnessing repeated attacks by illegal settlers targeting residents, their homes, and their property, coinciding with escalating measures aimed at restricting their movement and forcing them to leave their land.
Since October 2023, the occupied West Bank has witnessed an Israeli escalation carried out by the Israeli army and illegal settlers, killing 1,175 Palestinians, injuring 12,919 others, and leading to the arrest of around 24,000 people, according to official Palestinian data.
