BETHLEHEM, Saturday, April 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today torched dozens of years-old olive trees in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local official.

Hasan Breijieh, director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority’s office in Bethlehem, said a group of settlers sneaked into a privately-owned Palestinian land planted with olive trees in an area north of Beit Fajjar and set the trees on fire.

He said at least 50 trees were burnt, causing serious damage to an important income-generating business for the landowner.

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