NNA - Israeli colonists Thursday razed large-tracts of Palestinian land in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah.

The head of the Umm Safa village council, Marwan al-Sabah, told WAFA colonists sneaked their way into the village, razing a Palestinian-owned land in the Jabal al-Ras area, east of the village.

He added that this area serves the roads leading to the neighboring villages of Deir al-Sudan, Ajul, and Aroura, and will thus completely isolate the village from the surrounding area. The occupation has been closing its two main entrances since the genocide against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The Jabal al-Ras area has been a target of attacks by colonists together with the occupying forces.

Their bulldozers began bulldozing more than 300 dunams of land planted with olive and grape trees several months ago.

Meanwhile, an extremist colonist grazed his livestock on Palestinian land in the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit.

Anti-settlement activist Nazmi Al-Salman told WAFA that a colonist from the illegal outpost of Havat Ibn Haimer, built on Palestinian lands in Deir Istiya, grazed his sheep in the vicinity of the Maghr Al-Asmar estate, north of the town.--WAFA

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