Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron

Armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, injuring several people, Wafa news agency is reporting.

The agency cited anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamra who reported that the settlers came from the nearby illegal Susya settlement and attacked the Palestinian residents of the Wadi Jahish community at the time of Iftar. The victims included women and children.

Under military protection, the assailants assaulted the residents with batons, and uprooted several trees in the area.

At the same time, Israeli forces detained Ahmed Khaled al-Najjar, a man with a disability, while he was tending to his sheep near his home in the al-Qawwais area of Masafer Yatta.

Israeli forces and settlers conducted 1,705 attacks against Palestinians and their property in February, according to a report by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.