Jewish settlers chop down 40 olive trees, assault houses

Jewish settlers of the price tag gang raided Palestinian cultivated land lots to the north of Ramallah and chopped down 40 olive trees.

Local sources in Tirmasaya village said that the settlers cut off the trees in the eastern lands of the village.

They said that around ten settlers sneaked into the land on Sunday night and attacked citizens’ property and crops.

The sources noted that the citizens rushed to defend their land at a late night hour.

In another incident, groups of Jewish settlers threw rocks and bottles at a Palestinian citizen’s home near Gush Etzion settlement to the north of Al-Khalil on Sunday.

Local sources said that the settlers terrorized women and children, adding that Israeli occupation forces protected the settlers.