HEBRON,
Thursday, November 11, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Wednesday evening
attacked Palestinians with live fire in Khallet al-Dabe‘h village, south of Hebron, injuring four, according
to local and human rights sources.
Coordinator
of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Popular Committees, Rateb
Jabour, said that Israeli settlers attacked with live
fire and rocks Palestinians who gathered in response to the construction of an
Israeli colonial settlement outpost in Khallet al-Dabe‘h, one of Masafer Yatta hamlets, injuring four.
He
added that among the casualties were two who were injured with live rounds in
their hands and another who sustained bruises due to severe beating.
Meanwhile,
the Alliance for Human Rights, a group of activists allied to document human rights
abuses in Palestine, said that five Palestinians were injured by live rounds in
the attack, while pointing that the settlers burned the Palestinians’ tent.
“It
appears that US Congress peoples’ promises to “watch” and make sure that no
violence occurred this weekend was taken as a challenge by local Israeli
settlers. Settlers continue to act with impunity, protected by the IDF, as they
use violence against Palestinians to make increasingly aggressive land grabs.
They are funded by “charities” in the US, the Good Shepherds Collective, an
organization dedicated to nonviolent resistance, said.
Masafer
Yatta is a collection of almost 19 hamlets which rely
heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood.
Located
in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military
control, the area has been subjected to repeated Israeli violations by settlers
and soldiers targeting their main source of living - livestock.
It
has been designated as a closed Israeli military zone for training since 1980s
and accordingly referred to as Firing Zone 918.
Israeli
violations against the area include demolition of animal barns, homes and
residential structures. Issuance of construction permits by Israel to local
Palestinians in the area is non-existent.
Settler
violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank
and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Settler
violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of
crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
There
are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.
K.F.
