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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Bulldozers destroy agricultural land near settlement

Ma'an
Israeli troops bulldozed four dunums of agricultural lands in Safa village north of Hebron Tuesday night, following an effort by Palestinian farmers to plant olive trees in the valley near Beit Ummar.

Earlier Tuesday, troops advanced on the farmers planting trees, who responded to the encroachment by throwing rocks... Locals said a five-year-old planting trees suffered from shock when a tear gas canister detonated beside him.

Media spokesman for the Palestinian solidarity project Muhammad Awad said troops uprooted trees and destroyed land on property belonging to the Abu Maria family and his brothers... Full story
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