A number of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of olive and prune trees that belong to a resident of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.Resident Rashed Hamed Az-Zaro, stated that the settlers uprooted his trees located near the Keryat Arba’ illegal settlement, and left the scene.
The Palestinian Agricultural Relief reported that, last year, the settlers uprooted more than 70 Roman Olive trees that belong to the resident.
The Agricultural Relief added that this year witnessed a sharp escalation in the number of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian villagers and their lands.
Two days ago, a Palestinian resident was injured in Orif village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at dozens of villagers who clashed with Israeli settlers invading their village.
