HEBRON, January, 22, 2024 (WAFA) –  Five Palestinians were injured on Wednesday and others fainted after they were attacked by extremist Israeli colonists in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

Activist Osama Makhamreh told WAFA that dozens of colonists attacked residents in Khirbet Aqwawis in Masafer Yatta, assaulted them and sprayed tear gas in their faces, which led to the injury of an elderly man.

Several young men were also sustained injures, fractures and bruises due to the attack. They were transferred by ambulance crews to the hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, a number of other residents fainted after they were sprayed with poisonous pepper gas by the colonists and they were treated in the field.

Makhamreh added that the colonists have recently significantly escalated their attacks on Palestinians and their proprieties in Masafer Yatta,.

These attacks involve, attacking and assaulting  residents` homes and sheep pens, chasing the shepherds and farmers, and preventing them by force from reaching their fields and pastures, in an attempt to force them to leave their lands and forcibly displace them from the area, in favor of colonial expansion.

Y.S