Witnessed By IDF, Israeli Illegal Settlers Armed With Damage To Houses And Expel Palestinian Farmers In The West Bank

Israeli military occupation operations in Gaza, Palestine. (doc. Israel Defense Forces)

JAKARTA - Israeli illegal protesters stormed and damaged the homes and tents of residents in the West Bank, Palestine. In addition to destroying personal items, the Israeli also attacked herders and farmers.

"The settlers' attacks took place in the Valleys of Jordan (utara), Hebron and Bethlehem (south)," reports the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission (CWRC) and the WAFA Palestinian News Agency, confiscated by Anadolu, Sunday, April 28.

The vandalism took place on Saturday 27 April. The Israelis targeted Palestinian herders and farmers.

CWRC said the Israeli attack also targeted the residence of Fuad Draghmeh residents in the Ein Al-Hilweh area, the northern Jordan Valley. Tents of Mohammed Abu Mta'awe residents in the Al-Sakout area were also destroyed due to the irresponsible action.

In the southern West Bank, a witness told Anadolu news agency armed settlers attacked a number of Palestinian farmers who were farming in Nahalin City, west of Bethlehem. The farmers were forced to leave.

The witness added that dozens of Israelis attacked Palestinians in the Banias area. Their violent acts were not played around with the threat of murder if Palestinians did not leave the region.

The Israeli Army (IDF) who knew and witnessed it raised their hands by urging Palestinians to obey the orders of Israeli illegal settlers. The army argued that it could not protect Palestinians as legal settlers.

In Bethlehem, WAFA reported a group of settlers attacking the farmers after they finished harvesting large quantities of wheat in the land of Wadi al-Abyad in the wilderness of Tuqu' (east Bethlehem). Wheat harvested was forcibly confiscated by illegal Israeli armed settlers.

Meanwhile, in the Wadi Ma'in area in Masafer Yatta, the city of Hebron, an illegal Israeli settlers, of whom were in Israeli military uniforms, beat Omar Musa Mohammed while grazing sheep. As a result, the 20-year-old was injured.

Not only that, illegal Israeli settlers also attacked a number of herders in the Khallet Al-Dabaa area of Masafer Yatta, forcing them to leave the area.

Tensions have risen in Israel's forced Palestinian West Bank since the country led by Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu carried out the deadly military aggression of the Gaza Strip since Hamas' action on October 7, 2023.

According to a Palestinian Ministry of Health report, the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip at the end of 2023 was recorded to have killed more than 34,300 people. Nearly 491 Palestinians were killed and more than 4,800 others injured by Israeli army weapons.

However, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which states that Israel committed genocide in Palestine has not dampened Israel's intention by Netanyahu's order to stop the flood of deaths in the Gaza Strip.

The ICJ's intermediate decision in January ordered Israel to ensure its military did not commit genocide in Palestine. The ICJ also guarantees humanitarian aid continues to be channeled to civilians in Gaza.