Bethlehem, January 4, 2026 (WAFA) – Settlers began today, Sunday, to fence off lands in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, with the aim of seizing them.
The director of the Tuqu’ Municipal Council, Taysir Abu Mufreh, told our correspondent that a group of settlers stormed the “Qanan Shuqair” area northeast of the town and began fencing off 15 dunams of land planted with olive trees with barbed wire. The land belongs to citizens from the Asakrah family and is only tens of meters away from the citizens’ homes .
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A.Sh./S.K