On Tuesday, 5 March 2024, around 1:30 P.M., while Fadel Hamamdeh (49) and Qassem Hamamdeh (52) were grazing their flock in pastureland to the west of the community, accompanied by international activists, three settlers arrived, one of them armed with a rifle and one on horseback. The settlers claimed they owned the area, chased the sheep and drove it south towards Khilet a-Dabe’. The shepherds called the police, but no officers came.
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At around 1:30 P.M., while Fadel Hamamdeh (49) and Qassem Hamamdeh (52) were grazing their flock in pastureland to the west of the community, accompanied by international activists, three settlers arrived, one of them armed with a rifle and one on horseback. The settlers claimed they owned the area, chased the sheep and drove it south towards Khilet a-Dabe’. The shepherds called the police, but no officers came.
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