Israeli settlers on Tuesday evening destroyed and uprooted dozens of Palestinian-owned trees in Tarqumiyah town west of al-Khalil city.
Hashem al-Badarin a Palestinian official in charge of documenting agricultural damages said that Israelis from Adora settlement uprooted over 100 trees planted in Tarqumiyah lands.
Such attacks which are witnessed on a regular basis in the area are aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands in favor of settlement expansion projects.
In a related context a group of Israeli settlers on Wednesday morning bulldozed Palestinian lands in Asira al-Qibliya village south of Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas told Wafa that Israeli settlers’ bulldozers leveled vast tracts of Palestinian lands in the village to pave the way for the expansion of Yitzhar settlement.
