Israeli forces yesterday confiscated several Palestinian agricultural vehicles in the occupied Jordan Valley near Tubas city.
Moataz Bisharat, the Palestinian official in charge of Jordan Valley’s Israeli settlements file at the Palestinian Authority (PA), told Quds Press that an Israeli army force, accompanied by the occupation municipality crews, stormed the eastern area of Tubas city and seized three agricultural vehicles owned by Palestinian farmers.
The machinery was confiscated under the pretext that the equipment is “not licensed for use and are being used on Israeli territory”, Bisharat added.
Through these attacks, the occupation seeks to force the Palestinian farmers to leave their land in order to build new settlements, he noted.
Al-Ras Al-Ahmar is home to 22 Palestinian families surviving predominantly on agriculture.
International rights organisations consider the continuation of the Israeli campaign which targets Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, whether though confiscations, demolitions or evictions under the pretext of holding military exercises, as a violation of international humanitarian law.
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