A horde of Jewish settlers on Monday set fire to cultivated lands in the villages of Beitin and Burqa east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The arson attack led to the destruction of about 30 olive and fig trees and grapevines as well as other crops in the villages.
According to local sources a number of local residents were able to rush to the burning area and embarked on extinguishing the flames until civil defense crews arrived and controlled the fires.
The targeted lands are located near the illegal settlement of Givat Assaf and the Israeli occupation army prevents local farmers from going to their lands there without prior coordination.
