Israeli settlers cut off dozens of old olive trees in Nablus

SANAA, Sep. 1 (YPA) – Israeli settlers on Saturday cut dozens of fruit-bearing olive trees in the town of Burin, south of Nablus and the northern West Bank, agencies stated.

Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said that Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal Yitzhar settlement cut off these trees belonging to Palestinian Zakaria al-Najar in Mayadeen area.

The attack came with the nearly date of olive harvest, that will begin in few weeks.

Ahmed Al-Mutawakel