Hawzah News Agency –The Israeli military authorities forced Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley to pay in order to get back agricultural equipment seized from them.

Mutaz Bisharat, an official with Tubas governorate, said the village council of al-Maleh Bedouin community was told it has to pay over $1300 in order to get back a tractor that belongs to the council the Israeli army had seized 90 days ago.

A resident of Khirbet Humsa al-Fouqa was also ordered to pay around $1000 to get back two water tankers the army had seized from him.

The Israeli army regularly raids Palestinian Bedouin communities in the occupied Jordan Valley, and either seizes equipment and tools or demolishes their structures.