QALQILIA, Saturday, January 7, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today chopped down dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian residents near the village of Amateen to the east of Qalqilia, according to local sources.
Sources informed WAFA that a number of settlers from the illegal settlement of Havat Gilad, cut down around 40 olive trees in land located to the south of the aforementioned village.
The land belongs to two local residents in the village.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
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