NABLUS, December 22, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Monday ploughed Palestinian-owned land in Aqraba and Khirbet Yanun, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local source.

Salah Bani Jaber, Aqraba mayor, said that Israeli colonists, protected by occupying forces, tilled dozens of donums of farmland belonging to the farmers of Aqaraba in the Mahfuriya plain and Yanun as a prelude to take it over.

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

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