Hebron: Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday bulldozed a tract of Palestinian-owned land in Beit Ummar town, north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to a media activist.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Mohammed Awad reported that the occupying forces escorted a bulldozer to Wadi al-Aran and Khallet Shakhit, located to the north of the town and along the Gush Etzion colonial bloc. The heavy machinery was used to raze a tract of land, allegedly to make way for the expansion of a colonist-only road.
The land, which belongs to the Awad, Brighith, Ina'im, and Abu Ayyash families, covers an area of over 300 dunams. It includes sections planted with olive and almond trees, as well as forest trees.
Awad further mentioned that since the onset of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, along with the increase in attacks in the West Bank, the occupation forces have been preventing the town's farmers from accessing their land.
