Israeli settlers established a new settlement outpost on the roofs of Palestinian-owned shops in the center of Hebron, in the West Bank, and placed prefabricated housing units above commercial buildings and installed a metal elevator extending to the street.
The outpost severely disrupted local businesses, with the Israeli military restrictions and settler harassment preventing customers from coming to the stores.
Palestinian tailor Abu Lui al-Khatib, whose father was displaced from Beit Jibrin during the 1948 Nakba, told Al Jazeera that settlers are now trying to force him and his son out of their family-owned business.