The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have seized about 13295 dunums of Palestinian land during 2016 according to a report released on Thursday by the Palestinian Land Research Center (LRC).
Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian land increased by 43 percent during the current year compared to 2015 the report said.
During the reporting month 9700 fruitful trees including 6550 olive trees were uprooted or sabotaged by the IOA and settlers.
The center also recorded 110 direct Israeli assaults on farmers and Bedouins and 195 attacks and violations on religious and historical sites 100 of them occurred at the Aqsa Mosque.
The IOA also established 802 road barriers most of them makeshift checkpoints during the same year in different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
