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The flock trapped by the Israeli forces. Photo: ‘Aref Daraghmeh, B'Tselem, 22 Jan. 2024
On Monday morning, 22 January 2024, Jordan Valley settlement council personnel arrived with Border Police officers at some pastureland southeast of the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, where two village residents were grazing their flock of 300 heads of sheep.
The forces trapped the flock, claiming the area was a closed military zone, loaded the sheep onto trucks and handed each of the shepherds a 75,000-NIS fine (~ USD 20,200). They told the shepherds they would also be charged for the flock’s boarding until its release. The shepherds paid the fine on the spot, and their flock was returned to them.