Israeli settlers residing in Leshem outpost leveled on Saturday Palestinian lands in Kafr al-Deek town in an attempt to grab hold of cultivated tracts in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
According to eyewitnesses Israeli settlers bulldozed Palestinian lands in Salfit’s western town of Kafr al-Deek paving the way for the construction of more settlement units in Leshem outpost.
Researcher Khaled Maali said hundreds of dunums of Palestinian land in the area were bulldozed to expand Leshem settlement.
He added that sometime earlier settlement units were built on a drill site formerly used by the Jordanian army in the area.
Maali also said Leshem outpost was established in 1985. Construction works resumed in 2010 to expand the settlement and have not stopped ever since.
