Zionist settlers chop down olive trees

Zionist settlers chopped down 250 olive trees to the north of Aqraba village, south of Nablus, on Wednesday.

Hamza Deiriya, an anti-settlement activist in southern Nablus areas, told the PIC reporter that he received a phone call from farmers in Yanun hamlet, north of Aqraba, at noon saying that dozens of old trees were chopped down in their fields.

He said after visiting the scene that settlers from Itamar settlement had launched the attack and destroyed the trees, most of which were 150 years old, using manual saws.

Deiriya said that the trees are owned by families in Nablus city and Aqraba village.

The hamlet is a favorite target for Itamar settlers and comes under daily attack while vehicles passing along the Yanon street leading to Nablus are routinely pelted with stones by settlers from the same settlement.