Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday afternoon confiscated cattle and water tanks belonging to Palestinian citizens in the northern Jordan Valley.
Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh told PIC reporter that officials from the so-called Nature Authority accompanied by Civil Administration crews and an Israeli military force broke into Um al-‘Ubor area and confiscated a number of cows as well as dozens of water tanks.
Daraghmeh pointed out that while Israeli authorities allow settlers to freely herd their cattle in many of the Jordan Valley lands Palestinian shepherds are prevented from entering them on the grounds that they are nature reserves.
He called on human rights organizations to stand with the Palestinians living there and protect their property and livelihoods.
