An-Najah News -  Israeli occupation forces assaulted and dispersed today dozens of Palestinians who were peacefully protesting in Masafer Yatta locality in Hebron.

soldiers verbally assaulted and beat up participants demonstrating at Route 60, which passes near the locality, and briefly detained.

The protest was organized in response to the growing Israeli colonial settlement activities in the area and against Israel’s decision to confiscate 360 hectares of Palestinian-owned land in the locality for the benefit of the illegal Israeli settlements said Rateb Jabour, a local anti-settlements activist.

The land to be confiscated belongs to about 10 local Palestinian families, Jabour added.