JERUSALEM, June 8, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli police fined early Thursday four young Palestinians for calling on people to wake up in the pre-dawn hour to eat their last meal before they start the Ramadan fast, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said the four were charged with disturbing Jewish settlers in nearby illegal settlement.

The four are members of the Jabal al-Mukabbir boy scouts who bang on drums at around 3:00 a.m. every morning as they walk around the neighborhood to wake up people to eat their light meal known as sohour before they begin their fast at dawn. The drum beater is referred to as musaharati.

The ?sohour and the wake-up call by the musaharati are part of the Ramadan tradition throughout the Muslim world.

The musaharati’s job, which is voluntary, is to walk in his neighborhood, beating on drums and calling on people to wake up and eat before the fast starts.

The Israeli police said the Jabal al-Mukabbir musaharatis disturb the settlers in the settlement of Nof Zion, built illegally on Palestinian land expropriated from the Arab neighborhood.

Each of the Jabal al-Mukabbir musaharatis was fined around $100 after they were detained for two hours, said the correspondent, and they were warned not repeat it.

M.K.