Israeli occupation uproots 30 olive trees and hands 25 Palestinians demolition orders

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, (ST)_ The Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday handed 25 residents of al-Sawiyeh village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, demolition orders for their houses under the pretext they were built in Area C and without an Israeli permit.

 

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, told WAFA that soldiers raided the village and handed the 25 residents the demolition orders.

 

Al-Sawiyeh head of village council, Murad Abu Ras said that some of these houses are inhabited while others are still under construction.

 

He added village residents are not allowed to build in most of their land under the pretext that land is classified as Area C, which is under full Israeli occupation’s control,  while they can build in only 5 percent of the area of the village, classified as Area B, which is under Palestinian administration and Israeli military control.

 

In another development, Israeli settlers  uprooted more than 30 olive trees in the village of Jaloud, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to sources.

 

Ghassan Daghlas, a local official, told WAFA that the settlers uprooted more than 30 olive trees, southeastern of the aforementioned village, noting that they’re owned by local resident Rajeh Hamoud.

 

Settlers uprooted about 50 olive trees in the same area last month.

 

Compiled by: Basma Qaddour