Salah Abu Awad says he is haunted by memories of the night he was woken up by Israeli settlers who burst into his home and threatened him at gunpoint.
It was one of
the many attacks that forced the 28-year-old shepherd and his family to
dismantle their homes and abandon their land in the village of Widada in
the occupied West Bank’s south Hebron hills.... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/01/they-took-our-home-our-land-everything-palestinians-displaced-by-settlers-tell-their-stories
"In July last year, Abu Awad fled Widada, where his family had lived for decades, because he felt “caged and threatened”, he said. “We were afraid all the time, living in fear. It was not life.”
Abu Awad said that days earlier, Federman tried to steal his sheep at gunpoint while he was out grazing his flock.
It was the last straw for Abu Awad, who was still reeling from the shock of the home invasion in the early hours of 12 March 2023. Abu Awad recalled: “Yinon and Ely broke into my home. Ely came with an attack dog and a M16 rifle.
“They came inside and opened everything, including cabinets, and made a mess with everything. They asked ‘where’s the money’, but I didn’t have any money. My wife and children were so afraid.”
He said he reported the incident to the police, adding: “I got official paperwork saying I’d filed a complaint but nothing happened.”"
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