Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Tuesday leveled Palestinian lands in al-Khader town south of Bethlehem to build a road for Israeli settlers.
The coordinator of the Committee against Settlement and Separation Wall in the town Ahmad Salah said that IOF soldiers escorted by 5 bulldozers raided the town and constructed a 700-meter-long and 7.5-meter-wide road connecting the settlement of Eliezer to a new settlement outpost neat the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
IOF soldiers claimed that the road was built to facilitate reaching the Palestinian homes to be demolished in the area. Building the road affected dozens of dunums of agricultural lands Salah pointed out.
Earlier on Tuesday morning IOF troops banned Palestinians from leveling their lands for home construction in al-Ebaiyat area east of Bethlehem and threatened to confiscate the Palestinian bulldozers at the pretext of working in an Israeli-controlled area.
