JORDAN VALLEY, May 16, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday stormed a Palestinian locale in the northern Jordan Valley and seized two water pumps, according to a local official.

Motaz Bsharat, who monitors developments in the Jordan Valley, said staff from the Israeli planning and building committee, backed by an army force, stormed Khirbet al-Dir and seized two water pumps used to draw water for drinking and irrigation.

Forces further dismantled a fence surrounding a land that belongs to a local resident to the east of nearby Tayaser  even though the landowner had appealed the case at the Israeli Supreme Court, which has not yet ruled on the case.

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli forces destroyed a water hole in Bardala village, in the northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext that it was constructed without a permit.

T.R./M.K.