JORDAN VALLEY, September 2, 2018 (WAFA) – The Israeli civil administration Sunday notified to uproot around 70 full-grown olive trees belonging to a Palestinian resident in Khirbet al-Humma, in the northern Jordan Valley, under the pretext the land is an ‘archaeological site, said a local activist.
Mutaz Bsharat, who monitors settlement activity in the Tubas district, told WAFA staff from the Israeli civil administration handed the land owner a notice notifing him of their intentions to uproot around 70 olive trees in the said area.
The trees belonged to a local resident who was identified as Najeeb Faqha.
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