The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday uprooted 200 olive trees and bulldozed 13 dunums of Palestinian-owned land in Beit Ula town west of al-Khalil.
Hashem Badarin who is in charge of the farmers’ affairs in al-Khalil said that the IOF stormed Khirbet Kharouf area uprooted 200 olive trees planted ten years ago and destroyed the fence surrounding them.
Hejazi al-Tarshan the land’s owner said that the Israeli forces have recently stepped up their attacks on Palestinian famers and their lands in preparation for new settlement expansion projects.
The IOF for the second time bulldozed 13 dunums of land owned by the Palestinian citizen Mahmoud al-Adam and removed the barbed wire surrounding a neighboring land owned by Hazem al-Umla.
