HEBRON, March 15, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attacked Palestinian shepherds on Saturday in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, forcing them to leave their land at gunpoint.

Osama Makhmara, a local anti-settlement activist, told WAFA that the colonists targeted the family of Ahmad Barghash Al-Shawahin while they were tending to their livestock in the Wadi Al-Jawaya area. The colonists chased them away, threatening them with firearms and forcing them to abandon the land.

In a separate incident, armed Israeli colonists stormed the nearby area of Khirbet At-Tuba, triggering fear and panic among the women and children present.

Meanwhile, in central Hebron, armed Israeli colonists chased a young boy and his father in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, throwing stones at them in another act of harassment and intimidation.

The ongoing harassment and attacks by Israeli colonists continue to exacerbate tensions and hardships for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

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