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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces on Friday leveled 12 dunums (approximately 2.9 acres) of privately-owned Palestinian land in the Artas village southeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.

Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli bulldozers leveled 12 dunums of lands owned by Ahmad Abu Srour, Riyad Issa, Muhammad Abu Laban, Omar al-Afandi, Jamal Zighari, Bassam al-Farahin, Hasan Shahin, Mustafa al-Afandi and Hussien Hamash.

A spokesperson from COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for implementing the Israeli government’s policies in the occupied territory, was not immediately available for comment.