The Hebron Governorate was subjected to attacks by Israeli occupation forces and settlers on Tuesday, including the demolition of shops, the burning of homes, and assaults on residents, in flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that protect civilians and their property in conflict zones.
The occupation forces demolished shops in the town of Beit Awa, west of Hebron, covering an area of approximately 600 square meters, according to resident Iyad Haitham Abdel-Hadi Sweiti.
Sweiti explained that the demolitions are part of a large-scale raid and destruction campaign recently carried out by the occupation, which included uprooting hundreds of trees and destroying water reservoirs and other property belonging to residents in the western part of the town.
In southern Hebron, settlers set fire to the home of Bajis Ibrahim Muhammad Raba’i in the village of Tuwani in Masafer Yatta, and wrote racist slogans on the walls of the house, indicating the continuation of provocative attacks against the residents.
Residents of Hebron warned of escalating settler attacks in the area, stressing the importance of strengthening protection and resilience committees to confront these practices.
Israeli occupation forces also assaulted a released prisoner in the town of Dura, west of Hebron, and he was hospitalized with injuries. The occupation forces also confiscated the vehicle of another released prisoner during a raid on his home in the same town.
Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the villages of Imrish and Al-Alqa, raiding residents’ homes, reflecting the continued policy of directly targeting civilians and their property.
These attacks constitute a clear violation of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions relative to the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, which prohibit the indiscriminate destruction of civilian property and attacks on protected persons. These violations are part of a systematic policy of pressuring and displacing the civilian population, amounting to clear war crimes.
These repeated attacks exacerbate the suffering of civilians in Hebron Governorate, from forced displacement and loss of property to direct risks to the safety of the lives of residents, in addition to increasing psychological and living pressure in the absence of effective legal protection.
