BETHLEHEM, January 13, 2025 (WAFA) –Colonists cut down olive seedlings in lands in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem.

Local resident Hussein Shakarna, one of the victims, told WAFA that he was surprised today when he entered the land owned by his cousin Ali Shakarna in the Ein Fares area west of the town, located between Beitar Illit colony and the villages of Wadi Fukin and Al-Jab'a, when the colonists cut down 200 olive seedlings.

In a previous interview with WAFA, the head of the Nahalin village council said that a group of colonists established a pastoral colonial outpost in Ein Fares area, where they installed two large "barracks" for raising livestock.

He said that these steps will deprive citizens of their land, which is about 2,000 dunams in area, noting that the aforementioned area has been subjected to repeated attacks by the colonists of Beitar Illit, which included pumping wastewater, which led to the destruction of crops and the pollution of the water.

K.T