Occupied Jerusalem, June 6 (SANA) Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,659 violations across the occupied West Bank during May, according to a monthly report issued by the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
Commission head Moayad Shaaban said, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, that Israeli forces were responsible for 1,108 violations, while settlers carried out 551 during the same period.
The report said the highest number of incidents was recorded in Hebron and Ramallah, with 319 violations each, followed by Nablus with 301 and Bethlehem with 212.
Shaaban said the violations included physical assaults, uprooting trees, burning crops, preventing farmers from accessing their land, property seizures, and the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities.
According to the report, settlers carried out 380 acts of land destruction and bulldozing, as well as 78 incidents involving the seizure or theft of property. The report also documented the uprooting or poisoning of 7,222 trees, including 3,317 olive trees, mainly in Hebron, Nablus, Qalqilya and Jenin.
The commission also recorded attempts to establish 12 new settlement outposts during May in Nablus, Salfit, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Qalqilya.
Israeli authorities additionally seized 283 dunams of land through military orders and issued further confiscation and expropriation orders affecting areas in Jenin, Hebron, Salfit, al-Bireh and Qalqilya, alongside plans to expand settlements and construct new settler roads.
The report said 70 demolition operations targeted 155 structures, including inhabited homes, agricultural buildings and commercial facilities, while 51 demolition notices were issued, mainly in Bethlehem, Hebron and Jerusalem.
The commission reported last month that Israeli forces and settlers had carried out 1,637 violations across the West Bank during April.
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