Israeli settlers razed on Thursday Palestinian lands in Bethlehem’s town of Battir, in the occupied West Bank, in an attempt to use them for settlement purposes.

Hasan Breijieh, from the local anti-settlement committee, said that settlers bulldozed Palestinian land in Battir as they paved the way for the establishment of a new settlement outpost.

The Palestinian locals have stood on guard to the settlers who broke into their land and prevented the bulldozers from inflicting further damage on their cultivated tracts.