Ramallah: Settlers continue to bulldoze citizens' lands in the town of Sinjil.

On Friday, settlers continued bulldozing and uprooting ancient olive trees in the lands of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, for the third consecutive day.

Local sources reported that the settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, carried out bulldozing operations that covered approximately 10 dunams of the town’s lands, with a length of approximately 1,200 meters, and a depth ranging between 10 and 15 meters, in several locations, most notably: the Namoura area, Shaab al-Nimr, and the al-Muzayri’a neighborhood, along the old Ramallah-Nablus road. This included uprooting a large number of trees on citizens’ lands, most of which were ancient olive trees dating back to the Roman era.

She noted that most of the settlers' attacks on the town are carried out under the protection of the occupation forces, noting that they are working to completely destroy the olive trees before uprooting them, so that citizens cannot replant them.

Last Tuesday, settlers began establishing a settlement outpost, constructing wooden rooms in the Jabal al-Tall area, south of the town of Sinjil. This comes in addition to their repeated incursions into the archaeological site, where they have previously set up colonial tents several times.

On August 20, the Israeli occupation announced a "military order" to seize new land to reroute the planned barbed wire fence along the towns of Turmus Ayya and Sinjil, north of Ramallah.

Last February, the occupation authorities notified the seizure of 29 dunams of land in the two towns to erect a fence that prevents residents from accessing the main road, thus denying them access to their lands beyond the fence.