Fri 1-November-2024

IOF destroys agricultural lands walls and well in W. Bank town

Tuesday 11-January-2022

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday bulldozed swaths of agricultural land and demolished retaining walls and a water well in Battir town west of Bethlehem.

According to local sources bulldozers escorted by soldiers stormed al-Qusair area of the town and embarked on destroying about four dunums of agricultural land belonging to local residents.

The bulldozers also razed retaining walls and a water well in the area.

In a separate incident a horde of extremist Jewish settlers on the same day attacked Palestinian cars traveling on a West Bank road near the illegal settlement of Shavei Shomron and obstructed traffic on the road between Jenin and Nablus.

Sebastia town mayor Mohamed Azem said that a group of settlers rallied near the military checkpoint of Shavei Shomron and hurled rocks at passing vehicles carrying Palestinian citizens.

Several cars sustained damage in the settler attacks.

Short link:

Copied