The occupation arrests citizens after settlers attacked olive pickers in Masafer Yatta

Hebron - Ofoq News - On Monday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two citizens, following settlers’ assault on olive pickers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked farmers from the Al-Najjar family, while they were picking olives in the Shaab Al-Butm area in Musafer Yatta, and tried to prevent them from completing the harvest, while the occupation forces stormed the area and arrested both Muhammad Rabhi Al-Najjar and Jamal Youssef Al-Najjar.

Today, the areas of southern Hebron, especially Masafer Yatta, witnessed a series of similar attacks by settlers and occupation forces, which resulted in the arrest of five citizens, and the theft of large quantities of olives, agricultural equipment, and money.