Today, Israeli soldiers expelled dozens of Palestinians from their olive groves near the village of al-Raqiz in Safar Yatta, after two armed settlers raided Palestinian-owned land and began forcibly evicting the farmers themselves. The incident occurred despite prior coordination with Israeli forces to harvest the olives. The forces announced that harvesting would not be possible without coordination, but in practice they prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olives even in areas where prior coordination had been agreed upon.

Today, Israeli soldiers expelled dozens of Palestinians from their olive groves near the village of al-Raqiz in Safar Yatta, after two armed settlers raided Palestinian-owned land and began forcibly evicting the farmers themselves. The incident occurred despite prior coordination with Israeli forces to harvest the olives. The forces announced that harvesting would not be possible without coordination, but in practice they prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olives even in areas where prior coordination had been agreed upon.