Hebron: Settler gangs block medical teams, damage crops and irrigation lines

Settler gangs on Thursday blocked vehicles carrying medical teams in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and tried to prevent them from reaching residents. Settlers also damaged agricultural crops and irrigation lines in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the governorate. Activist Osama Makhamra told Wafa news agency that settlers blocked teams from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.

Settler gangs on Thursday blocked vehicles carrying medical teams in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, and tried to prevent them from reaching residents to provide medical services. Activist Osama Makhamra told Wafa news agency that a group of settlers blocked vehicles belonging to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society and prevented them from passing to Khirbet al-Majaz. In a separate incident in the Wadi al-Sheikh area of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, settlers damaged agricultural crops and cut irrigation pipes belonging to citizen Iyad al-Alami. The article describes the settlers as "gangs" in the headline and text, a label that carries moral condemnation from the article's author.