A group of Israeli settlers burned Sunday evening 300 olive trees in a Palestinian-owned agricultural land southwest of Nablus to the north of West Bank.
Ghassan Daghlas in charge of the northern West Bank settlements file affirmed that settlers from Hafad Gilad illegal settlement launched a fire balloon at al-Tal town northwest of Nablus.
More than 300 olive trees were burned during the attack he added.
Olive farming is a major industry and employer in the Palestinian West Bank and olive trees are a common target of settler violence.
