2024-09-03 · Hizma (eastern outskirts, herding families), Jerusalem

Bedouin herders forced out of Baryet Hizma after months of settler attacks

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Eight Palestinian Bedouin herders were forcibly displaced from the Baryet Hizma community on the eastern outskirts of Hizma. Settlers from an outpost set up on 8 October 2023 had harassed residents daily, fired live ammunition, burned vehicles and damaged property; on 23 August they ransacked homes and burned a residential structure.

Location

Approximate: village

How it was located: Baryet Hizma community on the eastern outskirts of Hizma.

Victims and damage

Injured
0
Killed
0
Damage
Bedouin families forcibly displaced after repeated attacks; vehicles and a residential structure burned, homes ransacked

Perpetrators

Settlement or outpost of origin
Outpost established 8 October 2023
Army
Not known

Legal outcome

No legal steps recorded.

Sources

  1. OCHA oPt – Humanitarian Situation Update #216 | West Bank

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