Today, Wednesday, settlers cut down more than 500 old olive trees in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus.

According to local sources, the farmers were surprised when they entered their lands in the western area of the village after obtaining coordination for two days, when the settlers cut down more than 500 old trees from their lands, which are close to the “Eli” settlement, which was built on the lands of Qaryut, Al-Sawiya and Al-Luban Al-Sharqiya.

She added that the occupation prevented farmers from entering those lands for two years, and they were surprised by the extent of the destruction that befell their agricultural lands, noting that the occupation soldiers, accompanied by the colony guard "Koren", assaulted the farmers and members of the village council, conducted a field investigation with them and seized the olive picking equipment, despite their obtaining prior coordination to enter their lands to pick the olives.

This year, the olive harvest season in the West Bank is witnessing repeated attacks by settlers and occupation forces, which have reached the point of killing, burning and cutting down olive trees, stealing the crop, and preventing farmers from reaching their lands.