Settlers burn 200 olive trees in East Nablus

Dozens of Israeli settlers set fire to 200 olive trees on a number agricultural fields and pasture land belonging to Palestinian citizens in the village of Salem, east of Nablus city (the northern occupied West Bank) on Sunday night.

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Eye witness reports state that a group of settlers thought to be from the settlement of Alon Morieh, were seen last night setting fire to dozens of fruit trees in a number of Palestinian fields and on plots of grazing land.
 
The sources confirm that the Israeli forces stationed in the area were informed of the incident; however a spokesman for the army denied that any complaint against the settlers in this regard had been received and the incident is being dealt with as “the outbreak of a fire, and not an act of sabotage”.

Source: Nablus (Palestine) – Quds Press Service