TUBAS, Monday, May 11, 2020 (WAFA) – The Israeli army today ordered a Palestinian farmer to stop construction of an agricultural structure in his land in Sahl al-Buqeiah, south of the Jordan Valley city of Tubas, according to a local rights defender.

Aref Daraghme said soldiers broke into the village and ordered a local resident to stop the construction under the pretext he does not have a building permit.

The area is classified as C, which is under full Israeli military rule and where Israel does not allow any Palestinian development. Israel plans to annex the Jordan Valley, a step that has provoked local and international criticism and warning.

T.R./M.K.