Masafer Yatta

Palestinian shepherds in the West Bank face increasing risks from Israeli settler attacks and expanding settlements, disrupting their traditional grazing routes and daily lives. The UN reports a sharp rise in settler violence in 2026, leading to displacement and restricted access to land in areas like Masafer Yatta and the Jordan Valley.

Israeli forces demolished 11 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank over 24 hours, while settlers attacked three Palestinians and blocked ambulance access. Israeli authorities also seized land in Arraba and Qabatiya for military purposes and established new mobile homes near a checkpoint in Tubas as part of settlement plans.

Israeli settlers uprooted over 50 olive trees in the Aghziwa area of Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern West Bank. The act threatens the livelihood of Palestinian families who rely on olive harvests as a critical income source.

Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of al Tuwani in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, torching homes and a mosque. Videos document the assault.

Israel demolished a Palestinian home in Masafer Yatta. The incident occurred in the Masafer Yatta area.

Israeli settlers injured three Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. A Palestinian teenager was also injured by Israeli army gunfire during a raid on Bani Naim, east of Hebron, where 32 Palestinians were detained.

A 79-year-old Palestinian man, Ibrahim al-Jabour, and his family were assaulted by Israeli settlers in Masafer Yatta, located in the Occupied West Bank.

Israeli police detained four settlers after they attacked and damaged a CNN crew's vehicle in Sinjil, occupied West Bank. The incident occurred amid a wave of settler violence, including the destruction of a farm in al-Masoudiya and injuries to four Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.

Israeli settlers assaulted 80-year-old Ibrahim Ismail al-Jabour and his family in the Hawara area of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stood by, protecting the settlers during the attack.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian women and elderly shepherds in the Masafer Yatta area of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, targeting their livestock. Two men were injured in Beit Furik, and nine others suffered bruises and tear gas inhalation during an attack in Masafer Yatta. Settler gangs, under the protection of Israeli forces, assaulted Palestinians and attempted to steal sheep.

Israeli settlers injured eight Palestinians in an attack in Khirbet Asafi, Masafer Yatta, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Settlers have repeatedly targeted the area to displace Palestinian communities, with 50 acres of land seized in the region featured in the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land'.

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes and farmland in the occupied West Bank's Hebron governorate, injuring six residents. The attack occurred in Umm al-Khair village under Israeli military presence, with one targeted home belonging to Salem al-Hathaleen. Israeli forces closed the village's main entrance and declared the area around the home a closed military zone for two days.

Palestinian shepherd Sameeha Rasheed had her family's sheep stolen by West Bank Jewish settlers in a predawn raid, depriving her of the Eid al-Adha sacrifice and income. Around 45 sheep were taken from her home in Masafer Yatta.