SALFIT, January, 30 2024 (WAFA) – Extremist Israeli colonists on Thursday  cut down a number of olive trees west of Salfit.

Local sources reported to WAFA that Israeli colonists, protected by Israeli occupation forces, cut down olive trees and vandalized agricultural land located in the Al-Takweera area between the towns of Bruqin and Kafr al-Dik, owned by Abdullah Ali Ahmed.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission monitored that colonists  committed 451 violations last year, which resulted in the uprooting, damage, vandalism and poisoning of a total of 14,212 trees, including 10,459 olive trees.

Hebron topped the governorates in terms of the number of damaged trees with 3,980 trees, followed by Bethlehem Governorate with 3,791 trees damaged and uprooted, then Nablus Governorate with 2,737 trees damaged and uprooted.

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