HEBRON, Thursday, September 7, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers last night burned old olive trees in the Tel Rumeida area in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.

They told WAFA that a group of settlers set fire to three old olive trees in Tel Rumeida, which is located near the illegal Ramat Yishai settlement.

Human rights activist Imad Abu Shamsiyya, told WAFA that people were able to contain the fire but not before it destroyed three old trees belonging to two local families.

He said the settlers want to burn the largest number of old olive trees in order to control the area and build a settlement road, noting that olive trees have been burned several times during this year.

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