Bethlehem: For the third day in a row, Israeli colonists have continued their assaults on Palestinian shepherds in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem. Zayed Kawazbeh, head of the Al-Minya village council, reported that dozens of colonists attacked several shepherds in the eastern area known as Khalayel Al-Qasr, forcing them to flee at gunpoint and barring them from accessing their grazing lands.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, Kawazbeh warned that these repeated attacks coincide with a broader pattern of settler violence in the Al-Minya wilderness. Palestinians in the area have long faced home demolitions, arson targeting their tents, and the theft of wheat and barley crops.
Kawazbeh cautioned that such ongoing aggression aims to forcibly empty the area of its Palestinian residents, paving the way for new illegal colony outposts.