Colonists poison and kill dozens of Palestinian-owned sheep northwest of Jericho

Extremist colonists poisoned and killed on Friday dozens of sheep belonging to two Palestinian brothers in the Arab al-Melihat Bedouin community, northwest of Jericho, according to a local official. Hassan Malihat, the general supervisor of Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA colonists poisoned the water the sheep drank from, leading to the killing of 50 sheep owned by two brothers who were identified as Suleiman and Mohammad Melihat. He stressed that this attack was part of a broader pattern of colonists' violence targeting Palestinian farmers and their properties, intended to tighten the noose on them to force them to leave their lands. Colonists' violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023. The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned. Several countries have imposed s anctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA