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In recent years — and especially since 7 October 2023 — there has been a sharp increase in both the number and severity of settler attacks against Palestinians. The incidents reported on this blog do not reflect all incidents of settler violence in the West Bank, but only those that B’Tselem was able to document and investigate.

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2024

February
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
Still from video
Still from video
At around 8:30 A.M., while eight shepherds from the community were grazing their flock on their private lands accompanied by Israeli activists, eight soldiers arrived in a military jeep headed by an officer known to the residents as a local settler. They called the shepherds and activists over to them and checked their ID cards. Another military jeep arrived about ten minutes later, and stopped about 70 meters from the pastureland. A soldier who got out of the jeep flew a drone over the flock, scattering it, and then the soldiers chased the animals. The shepherds tried to gather the frightened animals and lead them back to the fold, and then the soldiers began chasing after them as well. The officer, known to the residents as a settler, detained one shepherd, Yusef Makhamrah on site for about 20 minutes. The rest of the shepherds, meanwhile, managed to lead the flock back to the fold, but due to the panic, 11 goats died and 37 miscarried their fetuses. A short while later, a soldier known to the residents as a settler arrived in the community and presented the shepherds with a document declaring their pasturelands a closed military zone for 30 days.
January
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
2
A soldier ordering a Palestinian to stop plowing private land owned by residents of Sadet a-Thala’h, South Hebron Hills. Photo: Solidarity activists, 4 Jan. 2024
A soldier ordering a Palestinian to stop plowing private land owned by residents of Sadet a-Thala’h, South Hebron Hills. Photo: Solidarity activists, 4 Jan. 2024
Sadet a-Tha’lah, South Hebron Hills: Israeli soldiers that residents recognized as settlers prevented them from plowing village land on two occasions

2023

December
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
The guard of a nearby settlement prevented Yusef ‘Alayan Da’ud from going to his land, which lies 50 meters from his home, detained him for an hour and a half, and threatened to detain him again and take away his tractor if he tried to enter his land again.
November
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
Settlers punctured pipes that carry water from Um al-Kheir to Sadet a-Tha'leh.
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
At 10:00 P.M., about five settlers arrived at the community and torched a tree standing next to piles of fodder for flocks. The residents quickly put out the flames before the fodder caught fire, and the settlers left.
October
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
Settlers cut the pipe that supplies water to the community.
February
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
Jamil 'Awwad on his land, holding saplings cut down by settlers. Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah, B'Tselem
Jamil 'Awwad on his land, holding saplings cut down by settlers. Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah, B'Tselem
Sadet Tha'leh, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers cut down and uproot 90 three-year-old olive saplings belonging to Palestinian

2022

October
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
1
Sadat a-Tha’lah, South Hebron Hills: Settlers cut down 30 olive trees

2021

November
Sadet a-Tha'lah
Incident(s) :
2
Su’ad ‘Alayan and Na’imah Makhamreh after the attack. Photo by Yasmin Eran-Vardi, 7 Nov. 2021
Su’ad ‘Alayan and Na’imah Makhamreh after the attack. Photo by Yasmin Eran-Vardi, 7 Nov. 2021
Sadet a-Tha'leh, South Hebron Hills: Settlers attack Palestinians near their home, yet Israeli security forces drive the victims away
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