Israeli settlers promise another Nakba as Palestinians flee West Bank villages
It's the same story in nearly every village in the south Hebron Hills.
Israeli settlers seize livestock, wreck agricultural equipment and destroy the olive groves upon which Palestinian farmers depend for their livelihood.
They arrive armed with M16 machine guns and beat up villagers with their fists, sticks, iron bars, or the butts of their rifles.
Homes are repeatedly ransacked and whatever valuables the Palestinians own are seized.
Women and the elderly are not spared from the violence.
In the 300-strong farming community of She'b Al Butom in the occupied West Bank, the fear of what could possibly come next is etched on the faces of nearly everyone here, young and old.
As they watch and read the latest reports coming out of Gaza - in which more than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes - attacks here are also on the rise.
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