Israeli colonists razed, on Thursday, Palestinian-owned lands south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, and damaged vehicles north of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, according to local sources.
Since the morning, illegal colonists using bulldozers razed Palestinian-owned lands planted with olive trees in Asira al-Qibliya and Urif villages in addition to the village of Burin, south of Nablus.
It is important to note that the colonial settlers were protected by security members from the nearby illegal “Yitzhar” settlement, built on expropriated Palestinian lands.
According to a local official who monitors Israeli settlement activities, Ghassan Daghlas, settlers levelled lands near the home of Umm Ayman Soufan in Burin, while denying Palestinians access to the area.
Meanwhile, an Israeli colonist hurled stones at Palestinian-owned vehicles near the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, causing damage, according to local activist Muhammad Awad.
On the Al-Quds-Hebron Street, near Beit Ummar, the settler hurled rocks at vehicles, breaking a number of windshields. No injuries were reported.
In related news, a Palestinian young man was shot with a live round by an illegal Israeli colonist, after settlers stormed an area near Silwad town, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
