West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli bulldozers started Thursday razing operations to 15 dunums planted with olive trees in the west of Dair Esta town near Salfit.
Nazmi Salman, head of Dair Esta municipality, said “ occupation bulldozers guarded by the so-called civil administration officer attacked the lands of Dai Esta near Rafafa settlement and uprooted several olive trees as well as demolished stone walls, leaving great damage but no injuries.”
He added that the lands owned by the citizen Mahmoud El-Samhan as many Palestinians who depend on farming as a source of their income.
Israeli army regularly damaged and uprooted trees across the West Bank in order to facilitate the expansion of its illegal settlements.
Yesterday, Israeli forces accompanied with bulldozers cut dawn hundreds of olive trees in Al-Jab’a village in Bethlehem city; the trees were confiscated by army.
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