Israeli occupation forces today prevented several Palestinian farmers from continuing their work on their agricultural lands in the Umm al-Qaba area in the northern Jordan Valley, northeast of the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.

Mahdi Daraghmeh, the head of the Al-Malih Village Council, reported that the Israeli military, acting under the influence of Israeli colonists, detained the farmers for over two hours.

Subsequently, he added, the farmers were obstructed from completing the plowing of their lands in preparation for planting dry crops. The farmers were eventually expelled from the area by the Israeli forces.

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