Masked Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family with clubs; soldiers and police arrest Palestinian

On Friday, 19 July 2024, around 6:00 P.M., Ja’far a-Najar from the community of She’b al-Batem in the South Hebron Hills noticed a settler grazing his flock on land belonging to the Jabarin and Najar families, which lies next to community homes. A-Najar called the police twice and was told soldiers would come. Meanwhile, one of the landowners, Nizar Jabarin, went over to the settler and asked him to leave. The settler refused, and Jabarin then tried to drive the flock out. Four other settlers arrived, three of them masked and bearing clubs, along with two soldiers, one of whom the residents recognized as a settler named Yedidya Talia. The settlers and soldiers entered the community and started roaming among the homes and entering sheep pens, claiming a sheep had been stolen from them. Some of the settlers assaulted residents who were sitting outside their home. They hit a man and woman on the head with clubs, while Yedidya Talia fired in the air and threatened the residents with his rifle, enabling the assailants to leave. The soldiers arrested Nizar Jabarin and took him to the police station in the settlement of Kiryat Arba, where he was held until 11:00 P.M. and then released without charges. The two injured residents were treated at a hospital in Yatta. None of the settlers were arrested.