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Fasayil al-Wusta, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers are trying to force out the last family left in the community

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Fasayil al-Wusta, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers are trying to force out the last family left in the community

Libi and the other settlers near the family’s homes. Still from video footage, courtesy of the family
Libi and the other settlers near the family’s homes. Still from video footage, courtesy of the family
Libi near the family’s homes on 15 December 2025. Still from video footage, courtesy of the family

On Thursday morning, 18 December 2025, Israeli female settlers invaded the residential compound of the only family left in the community of Fasayil al-Wusta with a flock of sheep, along with a male settler on an ATV. About a month earlier, on 6 November 2025, settlers erected a fence around the community’s homes and managed to drive out three of the four families living there. The female settlers grazed their flock of sheep in the family’s yard. The male settler accompanying them in the ATV is Eliav Libi, who, in early 2025, established the outpost of Mitzpe Michal, about one kilometer southwest of the community.

One of the female settlers with the flock in Fasayil al-Wusta. Still from video footage, courtesy of the family

Some time after Libi and the women settlers left, at around 2:30 P.M., Libi returned to the site on an ATV with two male settlers, and the three drove around the family’s residential compound, played loud music and filmed the residents.

Three days earlier, on Monday, 15 December 2025, women settlers invaded the community at around 11:30 A.M. and grazed their flock of sheep in the yard, while Libi accompanied them on the ATV.​

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