JORDAN VALLEY, February 5, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli bulldozers Monday destroyed a water pipeline used to irrigate large area of agricultural land in al-Sakout area, in the northern Jordan Valley, said a local activist.

Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors settlement activities in the Jordan Valley, said Israeli bulldozers destroyed a 1.5 km long water pipeline belonging to one of the local residents.

The pipeline is used to irrigate tens of dunums of land planted with watermelon.

Israel seeks to empty the Jordan Valley, which makes around 40% of the West Bank area, from its Palestinian inhabitants in an aim to take it over for the benefit of settlement expansion.

T.R./M.K.