Illegal Israeli Settlers in Hebron Cut Down Palestinian trees, Beat an Elderly Man Near Dair Istya

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Settlers in Hebron area cut down Palestinian trees, in sign of plans for settlement expansion

Date: 16 / 07 / 2007 Time: 14:12

Hebron - Ma'an -

Israeli settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Otni'el, located south west of Hebron, in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, have been observed cutting down trees belonging to the Palestinian West Bank village of Rabud, Palestinian security sources have reported.

Abdul Hadi Hantash, a Hebron-based Palestinian expert on Israeli settlement, surmised that this action represents the preparatory stage for settlement expansion into Palestinian land.

He added that he expects the settlers to now set up tents where Palestinian trees used to grow and to prohibit the Palestinian citizens from reaching their land, in order to take control of the land.

All Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank are illegal under international law.

Israeli settler attacks an elderly Palestinian farmer in the illegal Immanu'el settlement bloc

Date: 16 / 07 / 2007 Time: 11:36

Salfit - Ma'an -

An illegal Israeli settler on Monday reportedly attacked an elderly Palestinian man, Isma'il Kokash, as he was heading to his fields in Wadi Qana, close to the village of Dair Istya, located between the Israeli illegal settlement blocs of Ari'el and Immanu'el, in the north of the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

Wadi Qana is situated inside the Immanu'el settlement bloc, squeezed between the settlements of Immanu'el and Yaqir.

According to a statement issued by Salfit governorate, the Palestinian man was injured in his face, hand and thigh. He was sent to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus city in the northern West Bank for treatment.

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