Maktal Msallam, South Hebron Hills: Two Israeli settlers attack member of displaced Palestinian community who returned to graze his flock in the area

On Saturday, 2 March 2024, ‘Ammar Mustafa (36), arrived with his flock at the community of Maktal Msallam, from which he was forcibly transferred on 20 October 2023. While he was grazing the sheep in the community’s pastureland, a car drove up, and two settlers got out of it, one of them armed with a club and a hammer and the other with a firearm. The first settler hit Mustafa on the head with a club. He fell down and lost consciousness for several minutes. When he came to, he rose and tried to run, and then the other settler pointed his gun at him and told him not to move. The settlers ordered Mustafa to take off his shoes. They kept him there for 30 minutes, during which they hit him on the feet with a hammer. He was bleeding from the head when they let him leave. Mustafa proceeded on foot towards a-Samu’, and when he reached the outskirts of town, an ambulance took him to the hospital, where his head wound was stitched and he received treatment for the injuries to his feet. Mustafa filed a complaint with the Palestinian police in Yatta.