Injuries, uprooted trees, and land bulldozed in settler attacks in the West Bank

Two citizens were injured, trees were uprooted, and lands were bulldozed in settler attacks in the West Bank.

In Hebron, four citizens, including a woman, were injured and bruised in an attack by settlers in Masafer Yatta.

Local sources reported that armed settlers wearing occupation forces uniforms attacked residents of Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, assaulting them and injuring four people, including a woman.

This morning, under the protection of the occupation forces, settlers seized more land belonging to citizens in Khirbet Umm al-Khair. They moved the fence surrounding the "Karmel" settlement and expanded it at the expense of citizens' land on the western side of the khirbet. Residents tried to confront them, but the occupation forces fired sound bombs and tear gas at them, assaulted them, and detained a number of them.

In Qalqilya, a group of settlers uprooted and destroyed approximately 180 olive trees and seedlings on Sunday in the town of Azzun, east of the governorate.

Local sources reported that settlers from the Ma'ale Shomron settlement, built on the lands of the towns of Azzun, Kafr Laqif, and Jinsafut, uprooted 180 trees, including 55 olive trees and 25 citrus trees, belonging to citizen Radi Muhammad Radwan.

The same sources added that the uprooted trees were estimated to be around 15 years old. They also stole agricultural equipment and vandalized the farm's water network, with material losses estimated at around 10,000 shekels.

She pointed out that the settlers also uprooted about 100 olive seedlings belonging to Mahmoud Mustafa Radwan, which were about three years old.

These trees are located in the eastern part of the town, known as Wadi Abu Shaar, adjacent to the main Qalqilya-Nablus road, known as Route 55.

She noted that this attack was not the first of its kind, as attacks on citizens' lands in the same area continue to occur.

In a related development, Israeli occupation forces continue to close the entrance to the village of Kafr Laqif, east of Qalqilya, for the seventeenth consecutive day with an iron gate, obstructing the movement of residents and forcing them to use rough dirt roads to reach their homes or workplaces.

In Bethlehem, the head of the Kisan village council, Musa al-Abayat, reported that an Israeli army force, accompanied by vehicles, stormed the Bir al-Sahl area, located between the villages of Kisan and al-Rashaydah, and also located between the Amos and Avi Yanhal settlements, which are located on citizens' land. The forces bulldozed land to pave colonial roads and expand the two settlements.

He added that the landowners had submitted objections to the Israeli plans to seize the site, but they were completely rejected.

He pointed out that the land, which covers an area of approximately 400 dunams, belongs to the Taamra and Rashaida families, and is used by residents to grow rainfed crops such as wheat and barley, along with approximately 400 perennial olive trees.