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About 2000 trees perish in Yatta town near Hebron

author Wednesday June 27, 2007 12:47author by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News Report this post to the editors

Israeli military force set ablaze large plots of olive tree on Wednesday in "Tal Zev" area of Yatta town near Hebron in southern West Bank.

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Local farmers and owners of the fields reported that the fire blazed in their fields located near Israeli military base "Zev" and said that more than 2000 olive and almond trees perished in the fire.

One farmer said that Israeli forces destroyed hundreds of dunums in the fire that lasted five hours. The burnt fields have been off limits to the Palestinian owners as Israeli soldiers prevented farmers from reaching them for the past five years. The Israeli force carried out the fire to grab the land and prepare it for expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the area, he said.

category hebron | israeli attacks | news report author email nisreen at imemc dot org
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