NABLUS, February 2, 2018 (WAFA) – Scores of Israeli Jewish settlers early Friday stormed an Ottoman-era site on the outskirts of Burqa village, to the north of Nablus in the West Bank, said a local activist.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that under Israeli force’ protection, buses packed with about 150 settlers stormed the al-Masudiyya site. 

Israeli military have obstructed Burqa Village Council’s attempts to restore the area, issuing demolition orders for donor-funded al-Masudiyya Park, which consists of a children’s playground, a health unit and a small cafeteria.

Settlers repeatedly attack Palestinians and storm their historical, religious and archaeological sites in an attempt to acquire the sites as Israeli and obliterate Palestinian history and culture.

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