Community members of slain Palestinian activist go on hunger strike demanding Israel release his body – Mondoweiss

On July 28, 2025, in the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, Israeli settler violence escalated into yet another act of cold-blooded murder, carried out in broad daylight under the watchful eye and implicit backing of the Israeli occupation forces.

In the morning, settlers from the illegal Israeli outpost of Karmel stormed the village and began bulldozing Palestinian land. Among them was Yinon Levy, a notorious settler extremist with a long track record of terrorizing…