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Israeli Colonizers Attack Family, Steal Sheep, Vehicles, Near Bethlehem

12:00 Feb 13 2024 Kisan ( كيسان ), Israel's Ma’ale Amos (מַעֲלֵה עָמוֹס) settlement, Beit Ummar (بيت اُمّر), Masafer Yatta (مسافر يطا), & Asira al-Qibliya (عصيرة القبلية)

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by IMEMC News
Feb 13, 2024

The second attack against the family in 24 hours: On Tuesday, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a Palestinian family in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, before stealing sheep, a car, and a tractor.

Mousa Obeyyat, the head of the Kisan Village Council, said the colonizers came from the Maale Amos illegal colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the area.

He added that the colonizers attacked the home of Ibrahim Sawarka before assaulting him and his family.

Obeyyat also stated that the colonizers stole sheep, a car, and a tractor from the family before fleeing the area.

On Monday, the soldiers attacked the family, wounding Sawarka’s wife in the family’s home before Palestinian medics moved her to a hospital in Bethlehem.

Furthermore, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers cut and uprooted dozens of trees on Palestinian lands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.

On Monday evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, demolished two sheds, and a barn, and broke and cut trees, in addition to chasing farmers and shepherds.

In related news, the colonizers shot two Palestinians, including a child, and burned a vehicle and a citizen’s home in the town of Asira al-Qibliya, southwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.