HEBRON, Tuesday, June 11, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today detained a Palestinian minor from Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, according to local sources.

They said that the soldiers rounded up a 12-year-old minor and prevented him from grazing his family’s livestock at their land in Khirbet Janba, one of the hamlets making up Masafer Yatta.

This came as Israeli colonists set up mobile homes on Palestinian land in Khallet ad-Dabe‘.

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.

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