Soldiers accompanied settlers who reportedly stole 150 head of livestock from a West Bank Palestinian hamlet on Tuesday night, according to security camera footage published by left-wing Israeli activists.

The footage published on Thursday showed settlers walking some of the livestock, followed by at least six armed soldiers in uniform, in the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet al-Halawa, in the enclave of Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank.

The soldiers were not wearing tactical vests or helmets, as troops typically do when operating in the West Bank.

Two Palestinian women can be seen following the soldiers. According to the Israeli activists, the women were from the families whose livestock was stolen.

The activists claimed that the women were detained by Israel for a day — bound, blindfolded and denied food.

In a statement earlier on Thursday, the IDF claimed that troops came to Khirbet al-Halawa after being alerted to the theft of livestock from a Jewish shepherd by Palestinians. The statement added that a Palestinian woman was arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer.

Settlers and soldiers steal a flock of sheep from the village of Halawe: during the brutal assault the day before yesterday on the villages of Masafer Yatta, the militias were recorded by security cameras stealing the sheep. . pic.twitter.com/xUyJh0dueD

— מחוץ לעדר/ kivsa........

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