Settler Violence = State Violence

South a-Nassariyah, the Jordan Valley: Settlers attack Palestinian shepherding community, vandalize property and steal livestock

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On Wednesday, 30 April 2025, at around 10:20 P.M., about ten masked settlers, some of them armed, arrived in a white pickup truck and three ATVs at the tent encampment of the Abu Seif family, one of several Palestinian shepherding hamlets in south a-Nassariyah in the Hamrah area of the northern Jordan Valley. Security camera footage shows the settlers entering the family’s sheep pen, driving the flock out, and stealing it.

The settlers smashed the windows of a structure and solar panels, deliberately rammed one of the family's cars, shattered its windows and those of another car, punctured the tires of a tractor, damaged tent tarps, and set a tent on fire. Community residents managed to contain and extinguish the fire.

The video shows a Ranger ATV recognized by local residents as being used by guards of a nearby outpost, with its emergency light flashing.

Community members tried to call the police, but no officers arrived.

Four families from the extended Abu Seif family, numbering a total of 25 people, including about 15 minors, live in the community.