Israeli military detains foreign activists documenting violence against Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli military on Thursday briefly detained a group of foreign activists in the village of Umm al-Khair, located in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the West Bank, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.

Israeli soldiers, accompanied by Israeli settlers, stopped the activists while they were documenting incidents of violence against Palestinian residents. Witnesses reported that several of the detained individuals were forced to sit on the ground under the sun for an extended period.

The activists were in the area to show solidarity with the local community, which has faced repeated settler violence and threats of displacement.

The Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land depicts the community of Masafer Yatta resisting against their forced expulsion by the Israeli military.