HEBRON, August 24, 2017 (WAFA) - Israeli bulldozers on Thursday razed lands in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank in order to expand the illegal Jewish settlement of Karmael, according to Rateb Jabour, coordinator of a local anti-settlements committee.
He said that Israeli settlers joined in the leveling of the Palestinian lands east of the town of Yatta owned by the Hathalin and other families in order to expand Karmael.
Residents resisted the Israeli takeover of their land and engaged soldiers and settlers in a fist fight.
Suleiman Hathalin, 70, was beaten and injured, said Jabour. He was also detained for several hours.
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