HEBRON, April 17, 2025 (WAFA) — A Palestinian man was shot and injured on Thursday evening by an Israeli colonist in Masafer Yatta area, located south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, local sources reported.
Mohammed Raba’i, head of the Twaneh Village Council, told WAFA that a colonist dressed in Israeli military uniform opened fire on 60-year-old Haj Said Mohammad Al-Amour while he was working on his land in the Al-Rakeez area of Masafer Yatta. Al-Amour sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.
Raba’i added that Al-Amour has previously survived multiple assassination attempts by Israeli colonists, who have repeatedly threatened to kill him if he did not leave his land.
In recent years, Israeli occupation authorities have intensified efforts to displace Palestinian communities from the area, which has been designated as a so-called “firing zone” for military training.
Residents face constant harassment, home demolitions, and violent attacks from colonists seeking to expand illegal outposts. In 2022, the Israeli High Court controversially approved the forced expulsion of over 1,000 Palestinians from the area, a decision widely condemned by international human rights organizations.
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