A-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills: Settlers uproot dozens of two-year-old olive seedlings

On Sunday, 7 February 2021, in the evening hours, Saber Rab’i (50), a resident of Yatta, arrived at his plot and discovered that settlers had uprooted some 20 two-year-old olive seedlings. Rab’i’s plot lies several hundred meters west of the village of a-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills.

The settlement outpost of Havat Ma’on was established a few meters from the plot.

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