Wednesday 2 March 2011

IOF troops uproot olive trees, detain Jerusalemite and serve demolition notices

[ 02/03/2011 - 10:15 AM ]

BETHLEHEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday uprooted tens of olive trees in Bethlehem village at the pretext they were planted in an area allocated for the army, locals said.

They added that the IOF soldiers forced Ahmed Al-Wahash in Za'tar village east of Bethlehem to uproot 40 olive trees while they damaged 25 others.

In the same district, the IOF soldiers rounded up a youth in Husan village in a sweep of a number of villages in Bethlehem during which they erected roadblocks, scrutinized IDs, and confiscated a vehicle from a workshop.

Israeli policemen arrested another youth in the central bus station in occupied Jerusalem at the pretext that he was carrying a knife.

The police statement claimed that the young man was planning to stab a policeman.

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