Ramallah: Israeli occupiers destroyed the only water supply line serving a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Monday, cutting off access to water for residents amid ongoing settlement expansion work, according to local sources.

According to Anadolu Agency, the occupiers bulldozed Palestinian land and destroyed the main and only water pipeline supplying Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, while paving a new settlement road near the area. This attack has left the village without running water, impacting the daily lives of its residents.

Umm Safa has experienced increasing assaults by Israeli occupiers operating from surrounding illegal settlements and outposts. These actions have increasingly prevented Palestinians from accessing their farmland, posing significant challenges to their livelihoods.

The occupied West Bank has witnessed a rise in attacks by Israeli occupiers and the Israeli army targeting Palestinian agricultural land. These include arson attacks, bulldozing operations, and restrictions on farmers' access to their property, particularly near illegal settlements and outposts.

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government plans to allocate 5.5 million shekels ($1.89 million) from the state budget to fund the extremist occupier group Hilltop Youth. This group, whose members primarily reside in illegal settlement outposts across the occupied West Bank, has been involved in repeated attacks against Palestinians and is considered the ideological core of the extremist 'Price Tag' movement.

Since October 8, 2023, the Israeli army and occupiers have killed at least 1,169 Palestinians, wounded 12,666 others, arrested about 23,000, and displaced 33,000, according to official Palestinian figures.