HEBRON: Israeli settlers uprooted about 850 olive trees and grapevines on Monday belonging to a Palestinian family southeast of Yatta, south of Hebron, a local activist has told Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh said that armed colonists from Susiya — which was illegally established on land south of Hebron — stormed property at Khirbet Khallat Al-Hummus, southeast of Yatta, under the protection of the occupation army.
The settlers uprooted olive trees and grapevines, destroyed the contents of a room in an agricultural building, and vandalized barbed-wire fences.
Violence in the West Bank has increased since the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.
The UN said that October had been the worst month for settler violence since it began recording incidents in 2006.
