Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack

Source: Reuters

Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack

By Ali Sawafta
July 18, 2025 9:34 AM EDT Updated July 18, 2025

JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank, July 18 (Reuters) - Palestinian Bedouins accused Israeli settlers on Friday of killing 117 sheep in an overnight attack and stealing hundreds of others in an apparent effort to chase farmers off their land in the occupied West Bank.

The incident comes amid what the United Nations described this week as intensifying attacks by Jewish settlers and security forces against Palestinians in the West Bank and record mass displacements.

The Israeli army did not respond to a request for comment about the mass slaughter of the animals belonging to the Arab al-Kaabaneh Bedouin community, in the Jordan Valley.

Veterinarians were called in to treat a handful of sheep which had survived the knife and gun attack, some of the animals shaking uncontrollably and in apparent shock.

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