Arabs in the southern Hebron Hills and leftists from the Christian Peace Task Force overran the agricultural area of the Maon Farm Friday morning, uprooted 50 olive trees and began to plow the fields until the army interfered.

The soldiers arrived within an hour after Jewish residents in the area saw the invasion, and several Arabs and leftists were being interrogated. The incident is the latest in a series of attempts to claim Arab possession of the area, although the Maon Farm has been farming the fields for 10 years.