Israel burns 10 dunams of olive trees in Hebron

The Israeli army burnt 10 dunams (0.01 square kilometres) of olive trees in the Al-Ramadin are of south Hebron, the Environment Quality Authority (EQA) revealed yesterday.

The land belongs to the Al-Saadah family who are required to obtain permission from Israeli authorities every year before harvesting their crops as their land falls on land annexed by the Separation Wall, EQA said.

The agency added that its team were unable to reach the site of the blaze because of the Wall.