JENIN, August 1, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces seized today, Friday, 13 dunums of Palestinian agricultural land in the village of Dhahr al-Abed, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to a local landowner.

Jihad Amarna, the landowner, told WAFA that occupation forces marked a 13-dunum agricultural land with orange signs before proceeding to bulldoze it to make way for a colonial road.

He said bulldozers have started building a road that extends from the colonial outpost established illegally on the hills of Khirbet Masoud, passing through his seized land, which was seized, and work is currently ongoing there.

Amarna noted that over the past week, Israeli bulldozers started razing areas in Khirbet Masoud to expand the colonial grazing outpost established in 2019 atop the hill. He added that colonists frequently attack farmers, unleash their livestock into agricultural lands, and carry out acts of vandalism and destruction.

Khirbet Masoud falls under the jurisdiction of the Zabda Village Council and consists of three residential communities, with a population of around 350 residents.

The occupation continues to raze areas surrounding the colonial outpost atop the hill, seizing dozens of dunums of agricultural land.

T.R.