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Israeli settlers burn an agricultural room in the Abu Shaban area, east of Masafer Yatta

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"israeli settlers burn an agricultural room in the Abu Shaban area, east of Yatta, Hebron." - Source

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Events:

Recurring attacks on Jawaya area (Masafer Yatta)

On June, 2024: Israeli forces demolished a large residential home in Jawaya. During the demolition, they also found an opportunity to beat some of the residents

On July 5, 2024

Footage shows Israeli settlers attacking a group of foreign peace activists visiting the Palestinian village of Al-Jawaya south of Al Khalil in the occupied West Bank.

On July 21, 2024

In the morning, a bulldozer working for settlers flattened land belonging to the village of Jawawiya. The work is taking place right next to the vast area already allocated to Yissakhar Man — at the expense of Jawawiya’s grazing lands — where a vineyard was planted over two years ago. As far as we know, the work is illegal even under Israeli law, and certainly under international law.

On Augustus 5, 2024 Destruction of a water cistern today in the village of Jawaya. At the height of summer, Israeli demolition forces arrived to destroy a cistern used by the residents of Jawaya, who cannot connect to a regular running water supply because the occupying forces refuse to allow them to develop an organized water system.

On Augustus 8, 2024

IDF demolition vehicles destroy a water well in the Wadi Al-Jawaya

On March 15, 2025

  • Israeli settlers with ATV quad chased Palestinian shepherds in Jawaya village.

  • According to Waffa, Israeli sttlers, under the protection of Israeli military forces, attacked shepherds in the Masafer Yatta region, south of Hebron, forcing them at gunpoint to leave their lands.

  • Osama Makhamreh, an anti-settlement activist, told WAFA that settlers assaulted the family of Ahmad Barghash al-Shawahin while they were herding their livestock in Wadi al-Jawaya. The settlers chased them and forced them, under threat of weapons, to abandon their land.

  • According to Osama Makhamreh, heavily armed settlers also stormed Khirbet al-Tuba, terrifying children and women.

According to Masafering account : "Settlers set fire to an agricultural shed in Abu Shaban, located east of Lithuania, between the villages of Jawaya and Dirat and the nearby outposts of "Mashq Man" and "Havat Shorashim." The building was vandalized with graffiti reading "Bibas, we will not forget, we will not forgive" and "Death to Arabs."

Last Friday evening, settlers invaded the same area, set a car on fire, and spray-painted a similar inscription on a house."

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.