HEBRON, August 12, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists released their livestock to graze on lands planted with seedlings and fruit trees in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in a new attack on Palestinian property in the southern West Bank.

Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh told WAFA that a group of colonists from the illegal outpost of  Mitzpe Yair and neighboring settlement outposts, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, released their cattle onto residents lands planted with seedlings and almond and olive trees in the villages of Aqwawis, Al-Fakhit, and Al-Halawa.

Makhameh affirmed that the colonists seized a water well owned by the Abu Aram family in the village of Aqwawis, banning residents from accessing it in an attempt to seize their land for the expansion of colonies.

Makhameh called on international and human rights organizations to intervene to halt the armed practices of the occupation and colonists and to prevent the daily attacks on defenseless citizens in Masafer Yatta.

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