A horde of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning destroyed dozens of olive trees and stole a large quantity of their fruits in a Palestinian grove in Tell town west of Nablus city in the West Bank.
Palestinian farmer Mohamed Asida told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that he and other farmers headed for their lands in al-Khanadeq area of the town today after the Israeli occupation army prevented them from gathering crops for three days.
Asida added that when they arrived at their olive groves they were surprised to see the enormity of destruction that happened there.
According to him more than 50 olive trees were sabotaged and fruits from more than 100 trees were stolen.
Asida accused settlers from the nearby settlement of Havat Gilad of sabotaging their olive groves taking advantage of the failure of local farmers to visit their lands due to Israeli military restrictions.
