Witnesses: Israeli forces uproot olive trees in Qalqiliya village

Israeli bulldozers.(MaanImages/file)

QALQILIYA (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces uprooted olive trees in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqiliya, on Sunday.

Witnesses told Ma'an that tanks and soldiers arrived in the village and began digging up land to order to expand the nearby Israeli settlement of Qedumim.

Dozens of villagers tried to stop military forces from destroying their land, but were held back by soldiers.

Israeli forces clamped down on a weekly non-violent demonstration on Friday in the Qalqiliya village.

On Jan. 30, Israeli forces detained five men from the village, locals told Ma'an.

Kafr Qaddum holds a weekly protest against the decade-long closure of the area's main entrance.
Maan News Agency