Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands in Kafr al-Dick town west of Salfit province in the northern occupied West Bank.

Speaking with a PIC news correspondent Palestinian farmer Ashraf al-Dick said Israelis have been bulldozing his private land tract covering dozens of dunums.

Expert in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands across Salfit around the clock for the benefit of illegal settlement expansion and infrastructure development.

Maali said such activities contravene international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

He added that the pace of Israel’s settlement activity has seen a striking upsurge following the US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Occupied Jerusalem is the capital of the self-proclaimed Israeli state.

Israeli bulldozers on Monday morning leveled Palestinian lands near Rafafa settlement illegally built on privately-owned land northwest of Salfit.

Speaking with a PIC news correspondent eye-witnesses said Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian lands northwest of Salfit and carried out excavations in an attempt to construct new settlement units near Rafafa’s southern corners.

Sources from Haris town warned of underway Israeli attempts to uproot dozens of olive trees so as to expand a settler’s bypass road in the area.

Expert in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands across Salfit around the clock for the benefit of illegal settlement expansion and infrastructure development.

Maali said such activities contravene international humanitarian law and Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.