TULKLARM, Saturday, May 20, 2023 (WAFA) - The Israeli occupation authorities today seized five dunums of land from Shufa village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm.

Murad Droubi, a local activist, told WAFA that the occupation authorities handed over notices about the seizure of five dunums of the village’s land located along the road from Shufa military watchtower going north toward Avni Hefitz settlement, built on village land.

Droubi added village residents had previously filed an objection against seizing this plot of land but it was rejected.

He pointed out that the village is daily subjected to restrictions, aiming to control the rest of its land for the advantage of the afore-mentioned settlement, which has taken away thousands of dunums of its and neighboring villages' lands and is creeping at a fast pace toward the village.

M.K.