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HEBRON, July 20, 2013 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement Mitzpe Yair south of Hebron Saturday attacked Palestinian shepherds and farmers while working in their land, said witnesses.

Farmer Said Awad told WAFA that more than 20 settlers and dozens of Israeli soldiers accompanied by inspectors of the so-called “civil administration” assaulted farmers, shepherds, activists and children harvesting crops near Yatta.

Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Yatta, Ratib al-Jabour, told WAFA that an Israeli court has ruled to return the confiscated land to its original Palestinian owners.

However, Israeli soldiers and settlers did not implement the decision and instead declared the area a closed military zone to prevent landowners from accessing their land.

M.H./M.S.