NABLUS, June 10, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Sunday set fire to wheat fields in the villages of al-Sawiya and al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in southern Nablus, according to local sources.

Witnesses said settlers set fire to four locations in the Palestinian-owned wheat fields of the neighboring villages.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said the separate arsons were started in an attempt to burn the entire fields, adding that Israeli settlers in the area attempt to burn the fields at the beginning of every summer.

Daghlas stressed the escalation of settlers’ attacks recently, targeting Palestinians and their property in southern Nablus.

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