Israeli Forces Seize Vehicles and Colonists Harass Shepherds South of Hebron.

HEBRON: Israeli occupation forces seized three vehicles in the town of Al-Karmel, located south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, while armed colonists chased Palestinian shepherds in the nearby Masafer Yatta area. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Israeli forces raided the Al-Khalidiya area in Al-Karmel with military vehicles, blocking roads and surrounding the homes of local residents. The troops stopped and searched several civilian vehicles before seizing three of them. Meanwhile, a group of armed colonists from the Havat Maon settlement, illegally built on Palestinian land in Masafer Yatta, chased shepherds in the Wadi al-Jawaya area. The colonists forced the shepherds to leave the area and prevented them from accessing grazing land. In another incident, colonists carried out provocative actions in the Fateh Sidra area of Masafer Yatta, releasing their flocks of sheep and livestock near the homes of Palestinian residents. These ongoing actions are part of a wider campaign of harassment and displacement of Palestinians from their lands, particularly in the Masafer Yatta region, which faces increasing settler violence and military pressure.