In a fresh attack, settlers chase herders outside pastures south of Hebron HEBRON, Sunday, January 03, 2021 (WAFA) – Colonial Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian herders and chased them off pastures in the area of Msafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to a local source. Fo'ad Omour, an official in charge of monitoring Israeli settlements in Hebron, told WAFA that a group of settlers from the illegal settlements of Ma'on and Carmel, nearby, assaulted the herders while grazing their livestock in the area and forced them to leave. No injuries were reported. Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians are commonplace, but assaults on defenseless Palestinian communities across the West Bank, including on farmers and herders, have seen a surge in the recent few weeks.