Nab’a al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah), Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers plowed land belonging to the community next to residents’ tents

On the afternoon of 27 December 2024, settlers plowed a plot of land belonging to the community of Nab’a al-Ghazal, next to residents’ tents. The residents banded together and asked the settlers to leave. Soldiers arrived within a few minutes and watched the settlers without intervening, claiming this was state land. The settlers plowed for several hours, and when some local Palestinian residents tried to plow their nearby plots, the soldiers forced them to stop. The settlers finished plowing after several hours and left with the soldiers.

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