Fanatic Jewish settlers of Bracha Settlement torched on Wednesday tens of agricultural dunums in Bourin town south of Nablus city. The losses were not estimated yet.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu news agency that extremist settlers attacked the inhabitants during their attempt to extinguish the fire. The settlers abducted a Palestinian child before his father along with other people managed to rescue him.

Bourin town every now and then witnesses clashes due to settlers’ repeated violations and offensive practices against Palestinian families and their properties.

NABLUS (PIC)– Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees in Qaryout village south of Nablus northern occupied West Bank on Sunday night.

Eyewitnesses told the PIC correspondent that Israeli settlers from the neighboring Elie settlement sprayed incendiary materials on the olive trees then set them on fire.

The sources added that the villagers rushed to the scene to put out the fire.

Meanwhile Israeli civil administration has handed over Monday a map confirming the confiscation of large areas of Qaryout and Jalud villages south of Nablus which are estimated at thousands of acres in favor of Israeli settlers and tourists.

Bashar Qaryouti a member of Qaryout village council confirmed that the map indicates the confiscation of thousands of acres of Qaryout and Jalud villages without providing limits for the confiscated areas pointing out that Israeli authorities plan to turn the areas into archaeological and touristic gardens.

He stated that the village council is going to sue Israeli authorities for confiscating agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian farmers who still live in the village.

Qaryout village is surrounded by three major settlements and four settlement outposts.