Since establishing the illegal outpost of Evyatar in May 2021 on land belonging to the Palestinian communities of Beita, Qabalan and Yatma, Israel has added insult to injury by suppressing the residents’ protests. So far, the military’s lethal open-fire policy has led to the killing of seven protesters, and the injuring of some 180 by live fire and of about 1,000 by “rubber” bullets or sponge rounds. The military has also arrested dozens of people, closed the main entrance to Beita for a month, and destroyed roads and farmland in the area.
