Israel on War Alert - Operation Swords of Iron enacted, page-9303

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2023-11-18/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/population-transfer-under-cover-of-war-a-visit-to-the-forsaken-land-of-settler-militias

A Population Transfer Under the Cover of War: A Visit to the Forsaken Land of Settler Militias

Since the start of the war, residents of 16 Palestinian shepherding communities have been forced out of their villages by settlers. The South Hebron Hills are now being ruled effectively by local defense squads, made up in many cases by violent settlers in uniform who are committing a population transfer

Gideon Levy

Alex Levac

Nov 18, 2023

As we descended with difficulty down the road, moving large rocks placed by settlers there out of our way, we spotted two intimidating figures heading toward our car. They arrived from the main road. One was wearing an Israel Defense Forces uniform, was armed with a machine gun and had long ear locks; the other was dressed in civilian clothes. The Palestinian passengers who were accompanying us grew visibly tense. Never has there been such fear