Israeli settlers at dawn Sunday destroyed dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees in Yasuf and al-Sawiya villages in the West Bank districts of Salfit and Nablus.
Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Rahalim chopped off about 60 olive trees in al-Sawiya village.
Head of Yasuf’s village council Khaled Ibayya said that 58 olive trees were cut down in his village.
Since the start of the olive harvest season in October Israeli settlers have stepped up their attacks on Palestinian groves in the West Bank.
