Tag: Masafer Yatta
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Masafer Yatta: masked settlers attack international activists, threaten Palestinian shepherd, and drive ATVs into flock of sheep in Jawayya
On the morning of Tuesday 7th April, two international activists joined a Palestinian shepherd near road 317 following reports of the Israeli army firing live ammunition and tear gas towards the shepherd’s flock. About 40 minutes later, when the army threw a tear-gas canister, one activist injured their ankle while running away. Later that afternoon,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – A Day of Terror in Masafer Yatta: Occupation Army Brutally Arrests Elderly Palestinian Amputee and Raids Apartment of International Activists
Monday, 15 December 2025 Masafer Yatta – Yesterday morning, December 15, 2025, Israeli forces descended on Sheikh Said’s land in Rakiz, a village in Masafer Yatta. The Palestinian family had recently erected a razor wire fence to prevent settler sheep and ATVs from entering onto their land. The fence had only been there a short…
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Urgent risk of forced displacement: 14 demolition orders in Umm al-Khair, Massafer Yatta
Still in mourning after the murder of activist, father, and beloved community figure Awdeh al-Hathaleen, the residents of Umm al-Khair, Massafer Yatta have this week been served final demolition orders for 11 homes, all belonging to members of the al-Hathaleen family. Handed out by soldiers on on Tuesday 28th October, the army at the same…
