Colonists Set Fire To Olive Trees Near Turmus Ayya And Abu Falah East Of Ramallah
Key Takeaways
- Settlers burned olive trees east of Ramallah.
- Olive trees damaged and farmland affected east of Ramallah.
- WAFA and Yafa News reported the arson attack on olive trees east of Ramallah.
Olive trees set ablaze
WAFA reported that residents confronted the colonists and forced them to leave, while Israeli occupation forces later stormed the area and provided protection to the colonists.
WAFA added that the Israeli forces prevented Civil Defense firefighting crews from reaching the scene to extinguish the fire.
In a separate report, WAFA said colonists also set fire to lands between the villages of Al-Mughayer and Abo Falah, north-east of Ramallah, and burned lands near Kafr Malik on Monday.
WAFA further stated that, in the days before, colonists had burned more than 200 meters of terrain in the Marj Si’ plain between Al-Mughayer and Abo Falah.
Arrests, raids, and mosque
The العربي الجديد reported that the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Monday evening the martyrdom of 23-year-old Mahmoud Ziyad Mahmoud al-Omleh, who succumbed to critical injuries sustained from Israeli gunfire earlier Sunday near the town of Beit Ola, north of Hebron.
The same source said Israeli forces arrested on Monday afternoon the young man Fares Mansour Abu Ghneim, nicknamed 'Abu Hussein', who hails from the village of Kafr Qil south of Nablus and resides in Nablus.
The العربي الجديد also described Israeli forces distributing demolition and stop-work notices for 15 homes in the Halqum area of Teqoa, east of Bethlehem, with the notices covering residential facilities and construction works.
In addition, the source said settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday morning, performing provocative Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli forces.
The report added that on Sunday evening settlers set fire to olive trees in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, and that a Palestinian shepherd was harassed in Wadi ar-Rakhim with Molotov cocktails that caused a fire in his sheepfold and clay oven.
Gaza context and escalation
While the West Bank reports focused on settler attacks and Israeli operations, WAFA also carried a Gaza item saying the Gaza death toll rises to 72,941 since the start of Israeli offensive.
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WAFA further stated that UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement in the occupied Palestinian Territory appeared among its important news items.
The سبأ agency report said one Palestinian was killed and another wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a bicycle in central Gaza.
The سبأ agency also said the Iranian junior freestyle wrestling team won the Asian championship title, alongside other regional items including the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announcing they targeted the source of the attack on a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island.
In the same WAFA package, the outlet listed that Egypt condemned colonists’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and urged halt to escalation in occupied Jerusalem, tying the local incidents to broader political pressure.
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