AL-KHALIL, (PIC)
Israeli settlers attacked on Saturday Palestinian citizens east of Yatta town, south of Al-Khalil, in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said a group of settlers stormed the house of the citizen Ziad Shekhaidim and assaulted him and his children, adding that they sabotaged the contents of the house and broke its solar cells.
The settlers also stole dozens of sheep before they were retrieved by the citizens, the sources added.
The settlers of the settlement outpost to the east of the Al-Buwaib area attacked citizens’ property several times, aiming at displacing citizens from their lands in favor of settlement expansion and land theft, the sourced elaborated.
Since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army along with settlers have escalated their aggression against Palestinians in the West Bank, carrying out a total of 16,663 attacks, targeting citizens and their lands and property.
