Groups of Israeli settlers on Tuesday destroyed 15 olive trees in Palestinian-owned lands in al-Khalil.
According to local residents the settlers who are members of Price Tag gangs further spray-painted racist slogans on Palestinian property.
In another context Israel Hayom newspaper on Tuesday reported that the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank excluding Jerusalem reached 448672 by the end of 2018.
The Hebrew newspaper said that the number of Israeli settlers in 2018 witnessed a growth by 3% compared to 3.4% in 2017 and 3.9% in 2016.
It added that despite the decrease in number given the statistics of the previous years the numbers documented in the West Bank settlements are higher than those in the territories occupied since 1948.
There are nearly 150 Israeli settlements built on Palestinian lands in the West Bank apart from the 300 settler outposts established without having the Israeli government’s license and 45% of their residents are under the age of 17.
