RAMALLAH, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) - Colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, bulldozed dozens of dunams of Palestinian land in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, on Wednesday.

The head of the Umm Safa village council, Marwan al-Sabah, told WAFA by phone that a colonist-owned bulldozer, under the protection of the Israeli occupation army, razed dozens of dunams planted with ancient olive trees in the southern area of ​​the village.

He noted that the colonists had cut down dozens of olive trees in the area over the past 48 hours.

Al-Sabah indicated that the colonists had seized hundreds of dunams in the southern area with the aim of transforming them into a pastoral colonial outpost.

He said that there is a plan to displace the village's residents and establish a large colonial settlement bloc on the lands and homes of citizens, linking it to the two neighboring colonies. This is especially true since Umm Safa is the only village whose entrances have remained closed since the genocide war, and have not been opened for a single minute.

Umm Safa's area is estimated at 4,000 dunams, of which only 300 dunams remain due to the occupation's measures, land grabbing, and the seizure of vast areas of it. This is the same area where citizens' homes are located.

K.T