On August 5, 2023, Israeli occupation forces arrested Mohammed Huraini from the village of Al-Twani, Masafer Yatta. Aged only 19 years old, Mohammed was was arrested several times by the Israeli military in the last couple of years. The recent detention of Mohammed comes as part of constant Israeli attempts to clamp down on activists […]
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Palestinians in Khirbet Tuba face increased settler violence
26-year-old Fatma Awad from Khirbet Tuba, Masafer Yatta was inside the cave that is her home preparing breakfast when a group of Israeli illegal settlers invaded her family’s land on August 2, 2023. The settlers sat up a tent near the family’s water well. “This is not the first time they do so,” Fatma asserted. The […]
Caves as the last refuge for Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
As apartheid Israel pushes its ethnic cleansing project forward, two brothers in Khallet ad-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta area are determined to remain steadfast. They have faced repeated demolition of their homes with courage and creativity. . Jaber and Amer Dbabseh, two Palestinian brothers are both born and have resided in Khallet ad-Dabe’ for their entire […]
Israel demolishes al-Sfai school to advance ethnic cleansing
Israeli settler-colonialism continues its brutal attacks against the Palestinian people and their right to exist. On November 23, Israeli bulldozers demolished al-Sfai School, Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. In a chilling scene, students from al-Sfai school, steadfast in their school, were confronting the Israeli military forces and bulldozers for hours, refusing to leave the school. […]
Sami Huraini: ‘Israeli detention won’t stop my resistance!’
“Israeli soldiers held me captive for eight hours in the hot summer sun,” says Sami Huraini as he narrates how he was arrested and harassed by the Israeli occupation yesterday, June 28. After eight hours of detention, humiliation and dehumanization Sami was released. Sami, who is a grassroots organizer and co-founder of Youth of Sumud, […]
Israeli live-fire military training in Masafer Yatta is ongoing
For a week, Israeli soldiers along with their guns, bulldozers, military jeeps, tanks and helicopters have been invading Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta. This is part of the live-fire military training that has started on June 21, 2022 and will last for two more weeks. The Israeli army’s military training is being carried out in […]
Who is aiding Israel? Corporate complicity in Masafer Yatta ethnic cleansing
On June 1, 2022 tens of Israeli soldiers and JCB, Volvo and Caterpillar bulldozers raided the villages of Al-Fakheet and Al-Markez and demolished seven residential tents and animal shacks, leaving families along with their herds homeless. This is the second time these families lose their homes in less than a month. On May 11, 2022, the Israeli […]