Israel demolishes Palestinian date factory in Jordan Valley

Israeli occupation forces yesterday demolished a Palestinian date factory and a shop in the central Jordan Valley, north of Jericho, reported Wafa news agency.

Local witnesses said Israeli military vehicles, including two bulldozers, raided the area between Marj Ghazal and Zubeidat after sealing it off. The demolition targeted a one-dunam date factory owned by Ahmed Zubeidat and a shop belonging to Sayel Majed Abu Jarrar.

The Israeli occupation demolishes date factories in Zubeidat village, north of Jericho. pic.twitter.com/YwjogJHwkn

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This comes as a new report from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reveals that Israeli occupation forces and settlers carried out 1,705 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in February. Of these, Israeli occupation forces were responsible for 1,475 attacks, while Israeli settlers carried out 230. Nablus, Hebron and Ramallah saw the highest number of attacks.

The report also highlighted the systematic targeting of the Arab Al-Mleihat community near Jericho, where Israeli settlers opened a road around the area and burned a mosque to force Palestinian residents out to make way for the expansion of illegal settlements.

Additionally, Israeli occupation authorities demolished 156 structures, including 109 homes, and issued 93 demolition orders, mainly in Nablus, Tulkarm and Hebron.

Over the past few years, the Israeli occupation army has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated since the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.

At least 927 Palestinians have since been killed and over 7,000 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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