HEBRON, March 18, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists Tuesday evening sabotaged Palestinian-owned crops in Khirbet al-Mafqara of the Masafer Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to a local anti-settler-colonialism activist.

Osama Makhamra said that Israeli colonists stormed Khirbet al-Mafqara, one of the hamlets making up Masafer Yatta, roamed between civilians’ houses, grazed their sheep on an olive groves belonging to Fayez and Shehada Makhamra, both farmers, and vandalized crops to Kayed Makhamra.

Meanwhile, colonists released their cattle in the vicinity of Farid al-Hamamdeh’s dwelling, and vandalized saplings and fruit trees.

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Over 700,000 Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.