Bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees In the village of al -Mugagirin the central West Bankas reporters from the French agency found on the spot, where Israeli soldiers were also found.

THE Abdelatiif Mohammed Abu Abu Aliyaa farmer in this community near Ramala, said he had lost olive trees “over 70” on an area of ​​ten acres. “They uprooted them and leveled them, with false pretexts,” the farmer said, without clarifying who he was referring to.

Aliya said he was already starting to plant his field again, as did other farmers in the area.

An AFP photojournalist saw the land dug in many fields and olive trees on the ground.

A lot bulldozers They were circulating on the heights around Al Mugayr and one of them brought an Israeli flag. A little further down, military vehicles had been parked.

“The goal is to take control and force people to migrate,” commented Gassan Abu Aliya, the head of a local agricultural cooperative. “This is the beginning and will expand throughout the West Bank,” he predicted.

Many residents said that the attempted began on Thursday. A Palestinian non -governmental organization said that within three days there were 14 arrests in the village.

The Israeli army, asked by the French Bureau, replied that he was investigating the matter. On Friday, he had announced that a man who was coming from Al Mugayir was arrested and is accused of “terrorist attack”. On August 16, the Palestinian Authority reported that an 18 -year -old was killed in the same village by bullets of Israeli soldiers. The army then claimed that he was responding to “terrorists” who fired stones, but did not clearly connect the 18 -year -old with this action.

Conflicts on the West Bank intensified after the war in the Gaza Strip began after Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. According to a countdown by the French Agency based on the Palestinian Authority, at least 971 Palestinians have been killed. Many of them were fighters, but the victims include too many civilians.

At least 36 Israelis, citizens and soldiers have been killed by Palestinian attacks or during military operations, according to official Israeli data.