Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Settlers attacked a Palestinian house and car with stones, and destroyed crops on private land

Teenage settlers attacking Naser Nawaj’ah’s house with stones. Photo courtesy of the family

On Monday, 25 March 2024, at around 8:00 A.M., seven settlers riding donkeys arrived at a fava bean field belonging to Naser Nawaj’ah (45) and located about 50 meters from his house. The settlers set about destroying the crops, and Nawaj’ah called Israeli activists. When they arrived, the settlers left.

That same day, in the early afternoon, about four masked teenage settlers, one of them on horseback, attacked Nawaj’ah’s house with stones and smashed his car’s windshield. Nawaj’ah and his family fled the house. The settlers only left after about an hour, when Israeli activists arrived.

The activists called the police, and Border Police officers who arrived at the scene watched the videos the family showed them and then left.

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