Israeli occupation razes 4 water wells in the southern side of West Bank

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, Feb.2,  (ST)- The Israeli occupation forces destroyed on Wednesday four water wells in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern side of West Bank, according to a local activist.

 

The Coordinator of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committees, Rateb al-Jabour, said that Israeli occupation forces used a bulldozer to destroy the water wells, which belong to the Hamamda, Dababsa and al-‘Amour families, in Khallet Ad-Dabi‘, one of the hamlets making up Masafer Yatta.

 

He pointed that  well destruction was a part of a large campaign aimed at seizing some 400 donums in Khallet Ad-Dabi‘ to make room for colonial settlement construction, according to WAFA News Agencg.

 

Masafer Yatta is a collection of almost 19 hamlets which rely heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood.

 

Located in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli occupation administrative and military control, the area has been subjected to repeated  violations by Israeli settlers and soldiers targeting their main source of living – livestock.

 

Basma Qaddour