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Testimonies of the residents of Khirbet al-Tuba after the violent pogrom perpetrated by settlers
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"⚡️ “Because repeated settler attacks have failed to force people to leave, they have now adopted a new method: ending people’s lives in this land by burning their homes.” Masafer Yatta Council head Nidal Younes told Drop Site contributor Mohamed Awad that more than 40 Israeli settlers attacked Tuba after 9 p.m. Wednesday, attacking homes across the Palestinian village simultaneously. More than four homes were burned, the remaining homes were vandalized, and residents were beaten with stones and clubs. Five Palestinians required medical treatment. Younes called it part of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign carried out by settler gangs with Israeli military “support and protection.” Nasr Nawajah, an activist and head of the Susiya Council, said the assault was “planned” and that Israeli forces and police “effectively enable” such attacks. “Whenever Palestinians are the victims, the cases are always closed against unknown perpetrators,” he said. A rare exception to that impunity came Thursday, when Israeli prosecutors charged settler Yinon Levi with reckless manslaughter in the July 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who worked on the Oscar-winning No Other Land, in neighboring Umm al-Khair. B’Tselem says it is the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, that an Israeli has been indicted for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank. The charge comes after more than 1,380 settler-related attacks across over 250 Palestinian communities in 2026 alone, leaving about 900 Palestinians injured and more than 2,300 displaced, according to UN OCHA." - Source
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Overnight pogrom in TubaOn Augustus 5, 2026, overnight, around 40 armed settlers entered the community of Khirbet al-Tuba, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and fled a short time later. Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes injuring six including three women.
They assaulted citizens, and set fire to 4 citizens’ homes, resulting in 6 citizens (including women and children) suffering from suffocation, and they were taken to the hospital for treatment
six residents were injured after being attacked by settlers wielding sticks and throwing stones, the injured included a 6-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman.
The residents subsequently filed a police complaint.
Media reports also say that Hebrew graffiti reading “Eretz Yehuda” (“Land of Judea,” a reference to the geographic region where the hamlet is located) was spray-painted at the scene.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its crews treated six people, including three women, for bruises sustained in the attack and transferred them to hospital.
IDF Statement:
IDF says settler arsonists fled before troops arrived at West Bank village. The military says that as the troops arrived, they scanned the area and “identified burned structures, graffiti, and damaged property.” However, the “suspects had fled before their arrival.” Police officers entered the village overnight with IDF escort to collect evidence and testimony for the investigation. The IDF says that it “strongly condemns incidents of this kind, including harm to residents, among them women and children.” “The IDF expects law enforcement authorities to bring the suspects to justice,” the army adds.police investigating