HEBRON, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) - Israeli colonists this evening set fire to large areas of land in the town of Tarqumiya, west of Hebron.

Anti-settlement activist, Suleiman Jaafra, said that colonists, under the protection of the occupation forces, set fire to citizens’ lands located in the Taybeh area to the east of Tarqumiya, noting that the occupation forces prevented citizens from reaching the area to put out the fire.

He added that the occupation forces, who provided colonists with protection, detained two brothers after assaulting them.

The activist said the fire destroyed dozens of dunums of land planted with olive and almond trees and grape vines, as well as caused damage to several tin houses and farmers’ tents.

Since the seventh of October, 2023, the occupation forces have been preventing farmers from accessing their lands in the areas of Al-Taybeh, Al-Hardash, al-Muteena and other lands threatened with seizure for the benefit of colonial expansion.

A.D./T.R.