A-Rabi’a area, east of al-Maniyah: Israeli settlers destroyed water network

On 8 November 2024, Raed Kawazbeh (52), who lives with his extended family in the a-Rabi’a area east of al-Maniyah, noticed three settlers wandering around his olive grove, which has 500 trees. Kawazbeh shouted at them from a distance, and they ran away, but when he reached the place where he had seen them, he discovered they had destroyed the irrigation network and disconnected the main pipe that supplies water to his house.

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