SALFIT, November 16, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of olive trees this morning in the Wadi Qana area, near the town of Deir Istiya in the central West Bank province of Salfit, according to local sources.
Ibrahim Hamad, Director of the Agricultural Directorate in Salfit Governorate, told WAFA that the occupation forces uprooted approximately 135 olive trees, each over seven years old, belonging to three local farmers. He noted that this attack is part of an ongoing series of violations against agricultural land in the area.
According to a report issued by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in October, Israeli forces and settlers carried out a total of 2,350 attacks since the start of the eyar, continuing a relentless campaign of aggression by the Israeli state against Palestinian people, land, and properties.
Of the total incidents, the Israeli army was responsible for 1,584 attacks, while settlers carried out 766. Most of these attacks were concentrated in the West Bank governorates of Ramallah and Al-Bireh (542 incidents), Nablus (412 incidents), and Hebron (401 incidents).
These attacks included direct physical assaults, uprooting trees, burning fields, preventing olive pickers from reaching their lands, seizing properties, and demolishing homes and agricultural structures.
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