Israeli Colonists Release Livestock, Damage Olive Trees in Masafer Yatta

Masafer yatta: Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian-owned land in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on Saturday, releasing their livestock and uprooting and damaging around 30 olive trees. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, anti-settlement activist Osama Makhameh reported that colonists from the Karmiel settlement and surrounding outposts, built on Palestinian land in Masafer Yatta, released their livestock under the protection of Israeli forces. The incident took place in Khirbet Rajoum Ali, affecting the olive trees belonging to Mahmoud Ibrahim al-Adra. In a separate incident, the colonists, again under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, released their livestock onto Palestinian land in the Hamroush area, east of the town of Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron, resulting in the destruction of Palestinian crops. Residents of the villages, hamlets, and Bedouin communities in Masafer Yatta and the town of Sa'ir have called on local and international organizations for protection an d intervention to stop the attacks by Israeli forces and colonists against residents, herders, their land, homes, and property.