Thirty masked settlers invade Palestinian property in Humsa

Thirty masked Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian property belonging to a family of 12 in Humsa, in the northern Jordan Valley on Friday morning, local activists are reporting.

Prior to invading the property the settlers were said to have stormed a tent belonging to US and Portuguese international activists and a Palestinian man who were then dragged out by their hair to another tent while the settlers threatened to kill them.

Three men and all the children from the family were dragged to the same tent where one man was beaten with rocks and at least one sexual assault occurred.

The family's flock of 350 sheep were then set loose by settlers before they stole the activists’ passports, phones and money. 

The Palestinian men had to wait several hours for an ambulance because of military roadblocks before receiving medical treatment.

The incident is just one among the recent spate of settler violence that has killed six Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of war in Iran on 28 February.