On September 5, 2025, illegal paramilitary settlers launched a coordinated nighttime invasion of Khallet al-Dabe’, one of the 19 Palestinian hamlets that make up Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, wounding at least 20 Palestinians, including seven children, and a four-month-old infant, and resulted in the destruction of homes and agricultural lands.

The Israeli settlers stormed the village under cover of darkness, demolishing residential structures and uprooting olive trees, grapevines, almond orchards, and native forestry. Witnesses described the invasion as a deliberate act of terror aimed at erasing Palestinian presence from ancestral lands. They then assaulted the local families, including children and women; the victims were beaten, sprayed with tear gas, and forcibly displaced.

Infant Yaqin Abbas Dababsa suffered a head injury during the assault. Emergency crews from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) evacuated the injured to Abu al-Hassan al-Qasim Hospital in Yatta.

Here is the list of casualties:

1. Ali Mohammad Dababsa (86): head injury, intra-articular fracture in the left hand
2. Amina Ibrahim Dababsa (73 or 76): head and hand injury
3. Abbas Adnan Dababsa (40 or 43): internal bleeding, injuries all over the body
4. Zainab Ali Dababsa (31)
5. Ruqayya Ali Dababsa (31)
6. Jaber Ali Dababsa (38)
7. Mohammad Ragheb Dababsa (17): head blow, injuries to the arms and other parts of the body
8. Hani Badawi Dababsa (36)
9. Basil Amer Dababsa (14)
10. Katiba Abbas Dababsa (14): internal bleeding, injuries all over the body
11. Laith Abbas Dababsa (13)
12. Anas Abbas Dababsa (11)
13. Ezzedine Abbas Dababsa (7): broken hand, head injury, intracranial hemorrhage
14. Yaqin Abbas Dababsa (4 months): choking from pepper spray

This list includes only those who were hospitalised, inluding injured with broken hand, nasal fracture, internal bleeding, head blow, or both arms broken

Context:

With their homes reduced to rubble in May, displaced families have taken shelter in nearby caves, determined to remain on the land they inherited from generations past. Residents describe the scene as a renewed Nakba—an ongoing catastrophe imposed through violence and state-backed dispossession.

Local communities and rights advocates assert that this attack is part of a systematic campaign to forcibly remove Palestinians from Masafer Yatta. The colonizers operate with full impunity, shielded by the Israeli government, which provides political and military cover for settler violence.