Israeli army razes large tracts of land near Jenin

The Israeli army has razed large tracts of land in the town of Barta'a, near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting.

Bulldozers razed roughly 20 dunums, nearly five acres, of Palestinian land, the town's mayor Ghassan Qabha said.

The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture said that farmers may not be able to reach 80,000 dunums of the area planted with olives, potentially incurrng a loss of about 15 percent of production.