Israeli army bulldozers on Tuesday uprooted hundreds of Palestinian-owned olive trees and destroyed four water wells in Tammoun town south of Tubas.
Murshid Bani Ouda one of the farmers affected by the incident said that the Israeli occupation army chopped off over 530 olive trees and destroyed water wells in Um al-Kbeish area in Tammoun.
Bani Ouda noted that the Israeli army had previously threatened to uproot the trees and demolish the wells under the pretext that the area is a “nature reserve” but the owners managed to thwart the Israeli move after legal efforts.
The term “nature reserve” is usually used by Israel in the West Bank as a tool to seize Palestinian lands for settlement purposes.
