Settlers attack sheep herders in near Hebron


HEBRON: Israeli terror settler militias launched an attack this afternoon on local Palestinian shepherds in the village of Al-Jawayah, located east of the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank province of Hebron, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that a group of Israeli settlers escorted by a military force attacked herders grazing their livestock in the area. The settlers opened fire in the direction of the herders and verbally abused them.

He added that the settlers pursued the herders out of the grazing lands, and they continue to be present in the vicinity of the latter’s homes in the village of Al-Jawayah.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA