NABLUS, November 7, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers stole olive crops gathered from land belonging to farmers from the village of Deir Sharaf, northwest of Nablus, a Palestinian official said on Monday.

Ghassan Daghlas, Palestinian Authority official in charge of settlements file in the north of the West Bank, told WAFA that the farmers discovered when they returned Monday morning to their lands located inside the border fence of Shavi Shomron settlement to continue with olive harvest that their crop from the night before was all gone.

He said the farmers had a permit from the Israeli military government to harvest their olive crops on land located inside the settlement fence for few days and for certain hours a day.

However, they believe settlers from Shavi Shomron came to their land during the night and stole the harvest.

The farmers normally leave their crop on the land and collect it at one time at the end of the harvest period.

M.A.