RAMALLAH, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) – Armed Israeli colonists, heavily guarded by Israeli soldiers, uprooted and destroyed approximately 150 olive saplings on Monday in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, according to local sources.
Osama Makhamreh, a local anti-settlement activist, told WAFA that the colonists, heavily armed and escorted by Israeli forces, destroyed the saplings belonging to Mohammad Makhamreh in the Igzaywa area near Susiya village.
The colonists also smashed the fence surrounding the farmland.
Separately, colonists also carried out excavation work on Palestinian-owned land in Khirbet Ikhlaal al-Adra, located on the eastern side of Wadi al-Jawaya in Masafer Yatta, as part of an effort to expand the nearby colony.
Colonists cut through the fence of land owned by Saeed Al-Amour in Khirbet Al-Rakeez in Masafer Yatta, allowing their livestock to graze on crops and trees.
Israeli authorities further declared the area a closed military zone and barred Palestinian residents from accessing their land for 24 hours.
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