Israeli forces destroy farmland and uproot about 100 fruit trees belonging to Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills
15 May 2023
On Monday, 15 May 2023, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived at the Khilet ‘Ayad area, south of the city of Hebron, with a military escort, a bulldozer and a digger. The forces razed farm fields in an area spanning four dunams (1 dunam = 1,000 sq. meters) and destroyed the fence surrounding them.
The forces then continued to the community of al-Jawaya, southeast of the town of Yatta, where they uprooted and confiscated 50 olive seedlings.
From there, the forces traveled to the community of Khirbet al-Mufaqarah in Masafer Yatta, where they destroyed a water cistern used for irrigation and uprooted about 100 olive and almond trees and grape vines.
The forces then went to Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’, also in Masafer Yatta, and destroyed a 40-meter-long fence surrounding farmlands.