A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Monday morning set fire to an olive grove in Burin town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Local official Ghassan Daghlas said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar stormed an agricultural area in the south of Burin and set ablaze dozens of olive trees in a grove belonging to a local resident.

Burin and other neighboring villages in the south of Nablus have long been targeted by settlers living in illegal settlements and outposts in the area.

In general West Bankers are exposed to frequent settler attacks which include acts of physical violence vandalism and destruction of Palestinian farmlands.

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday set fire to an olive grove in Burin town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Local official Ghassan Daghlas said settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar stormed an agricultural area in Burin and set ablaze a plot of land planted with olive trees.

Daghlas added that the settlers also attacked under military protection some local residents in the town where soldiers showered them with tear gas canisters and fired rubber bullets at them.

In a separate incident the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday notified a Jerusalemite family in as-Sawahira al-Gharbiya town of its intent to demolish his house.

Head of a local land defense committee Yunis Jaafar said that Israeli soldiers stormed the town and handed Yassin Zaatera a demolition notice against his home.