Yatta, Hebron District: Settlers cut down 41 olive trees in resident’s plot

On Saturday morning, 7 October 2020, farmers notified Jibril Zein (51) that settlers had cut down some 41 seedlings he had planted in 2018. Zein reported the incident to the Israel Police, and officers arrived to take his statement and photograph the chopped trees. He has not heard anything from the police since.

The settlement of Mitzpe Yair was established in 1998 about 100 meters west of Zein’s plot.