HEBRON, June 24, 2025 (WAFA) – Armed Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, raided Palestinian agricultural lands in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on Tuesday.

The colonists also unleashed their livestock into cultivated farmlands, causing widespread destruction of crops and the uprooting and breaking of fruit-bearing trees.

Osama Makhamra, an activist with the anti-settlement movement, told WAFA that dozens of colonists stormed the area, damaging the property of local residents in the villages and forcibly seized a water well used for irrigating crops and watering livestock.

Colonists further blocked access to the well, sparking fear and panic among nearby families, particularly women and children from the Jabarin and Mohammad families living in the area.

Makhamra stressed that this attack is part of a systematic campaign of forced displacement by Israeli authorities and  colonists, aiming to seize more Palestinian lands and expand illegal colonies.

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