Masafer yatta: A child and a young man were injured on Saturday evening in an attack carried out by Israeli colonists in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, according to local sources. Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh reported that colonists stormed the village of al-Tuba, attacking residents and using pepper spray at close range. This resulted in a young man experiencing suffocation symptoms. Additionally, five-year-old Awad Khalil Awad sustained head injuries and bruises after being pushed to the ground during the assault. Both individuals received treatment on site.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Makhamreh also revealed that the colonists stole several sheep belonging to local resident Omar Mohammad Abu Jundiya. Further assaults were reported in the Ashkareh area, where farmers were chased while under the protection of Israeli forces. The forces fired stun grenades and tear gas toward homes in the area. Additionally, soldiers detained two Palestinian residents after assaulting them, breaking their phones, and confiscating their devices, while another resident also had his phone destroyed during the incident.
Local sources separately documented that Israeli forces stormed the town of Dura, south of Hebron, where they reportedly beat a child, causing bruises, and fired tear gas and stun grenades at residents during the raid. According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, colonists and Israeli forces executed a total of 1,819 attacks in March, marking a systematic escalation of violence against Palestinians and their property.
The commission reported 1,322 attacks by Israeli forces and 497 by colonists, with the highest concentration recorded in Hebron (321), followed by Nablus (315), Ramallah and Al-Bireh (292), and Jerusalem (203).
