'They stole our sheep, killed my son': Israeli settlers, soldiers attack and loot West Bank villages

'They stole our sheep, killed my son': Israeli settlers, soldiers attack and loot West Bank villages Submitted by Oren Ziv on Wed, 05/27/2026 - 10:26 Yousef Kaabneh, 16, was shot dead as settlers, backed by soldiers, stormed three villages north of Ramallah and forcibly took 900 sheep "My son wanted his sheep back, and their answer was to shoot him," says Ali Kaabneh, whose son was killed during an Israeli settler and army raid on the village of Jiljilya on 20 May 2026 (Oren Ziv/MEE) Off "The army stole our sheep and killed my son," said Ali Kaabneh, standing at the spot where his 16-year-old son Yousef was shot in the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, as settlers and Israeli soldiers raided the area last Wednesday.  Some 900 sheep were forcibly taken from local Palestinian residents during the raid. While settlers frequently raid Palestinian communities and steal livestock , in this case the entire operation was carried out in coordination with – and under the protection of – the Israeli army, which secured the theft and assisted the settlers throughout. "They chased our flock, stole it, looted and robbed us, and killed my son in cold blood," Kaabneh told Middle East Eye. "This is the policy of a terrorist government that kills and plunders." The raid was launched after reports that, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 120 sheep had been stolen from an enclosure belonging to the Tzur Levavi Farm – an illegal outpost run by the Maguri family – located in Jabal al-Batin in Area A, the part of the occupied West Bank under nominal Palestinian Authority control. The outpost itself sits on land belonging to the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya. ...

Original source: Middle East Eye