Colonists Storm Bedouin Community Near Jericho, Bulldoze Land in Preparation for Takeover.

Jericho: Israeli colonists Wednesday stormed a Bedouin community north of Jericho and began bulldozing lands, in an apparent prelude for its seizure, according to a local official. Hassan Malihat, the general supervisor of Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, said a group of colonists, escorted by the Israeli army, broke into the Ras Ain al-Auja community, provocatively roamed its streets and damaged and destroyed properties, including smashing the glass windows of a tractor belonging to one of the residents. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, colonists also bulldozed land near Ras Ain al-Auja community, as a prelude to taking over the land for the benefit of colonial expansion. Colonists' violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023. The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned. Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.