Just days after Awdah Hathaleen was fatally shot by Israeli settler Yinon Levi, tensions in the South Hebron Hills escalated once again. On Monday, Levi returned to the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair this time operating an excavator to work on expanding the adjacent Carmel settlement, which is illegal under international law.His presence, so soon after the killing, was widely seen by villagers as a deliberate act of provocation.