HEBRON, June 9, 2018 (WAFA) – A farmer and his wife defied orders by the Israeli army on Saturday to leave their land in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, despite their detention for several hours, according to Mohammad Awad, a local activist.

He told WAFA that soldiers raided the land of Ali Ayyad Awad, 54, while he and his wife, Amineh, 47, were attending to their land located near the illegal settlement of Karmi Tsur and ordered them to leave it.

The soldiers told the farmers that they need to have an army permit to be in their land, which they rejected and insisted on staying and cultivating their land despite detaining them for a while and then releasing them on condition they do not return to their land without a permit.

However, the Awads returned to their land and continued to work in it risking being detained once again, said the activist.

M.K.