On 24 October 2021, at around 3:30 P.M., a group of settlers arrived from the direction of the Yair Farm outpost, which was established about a kilometer north of the village, at pastureland that stretches between the outpost and the village. The settlers shouted at Sadeq Rayan (20), a village resident who was grazing a flock of some 200 sheep there, and tried to lead the flock towards the outpost. The shepherd called his father, Fawzat Rayan (41), who shouted back at the settlers, causing them to flee toward the outpost. As the father and son led their flock back to the village, they encountered a settlement security guard who shouted at them, as well. After a brief argument, the Palestinians and the settler went home.
In a testimony he gave B’Tselem field researcher Abdulkarim Sadi on 25 October 2021, Fawzat Rayan recounted:
After the settlers left the area, my son and I decided to go back to the village with the sheep in order to avoid problems with other settlers, because they always come in groups and harass farmers in the area so they can drive us out and take over the land. Our village lands are surrounded by settlements and outposts: Yair Farm, Kiryat Netafim, Revava, Yakir, Nofim and Barkan.