The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday forced several Palestinian citizens to leave their agricultural plots of land near the illegal settlement of Shavei Shomron north of Nablus.
Sebastia town mayor Mohamed Azem said that Israeli soldiers and security guards from the settlement forced a group of farmers at gunpoint to leave their lands.
Azem added that the famers were working their lands in order to plant them with apricot trees as part of a project in the area funded by the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission and the Economic Development Center.
He said that the Israeli army justified its measure against the farmers by saying they needed prior coordination before entering the area.
