JERUSALEM, February 20, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Friday attacked the home of a Palestinian citizen in the Bedouin community of Khallet Al-Sidra near the village of Mekhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
According to the Jerusalem Governorate, colonists stormed the tin-structured home of Yousef Zawahreh in Khallet Al-Sidra while he was attending Friday prayers, stealing and vandalizing its contents.
In a related incident, Israeli forces raided the Al-Qubba neighborhood in Mekhmas, though no detentions or further raids were reported.
On Wednesday evening, 19-year-old Nasrallah Mohammad Jamal Abu Siyam was killed and others were injured during an attack by colonists under the protection of Israeli forces, on Mekhmas village. The assault included the theft of dozens of sheep.
Residents of Mekhmas and the nearby Khallet Al-Sidra Bedouin community have faced repeated attacks by colonists, carried out under the protection of Israeli forces, including physical assaults, live gunfire, destruction and arson of homes, animal shelters and vehicles, as well as damage to and theft of solar panels and surveillance cameras.
Khallet Al-Sidra is located about 800 meters northeast of Mekhmas and is home to 16 families from the Kaabneh and Jahalin tribes, comprising 59 individuals, nearly half of them children, who rely primarily on livestock herding for their livelihood.
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