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Bethlehem: Hundreds of olive trees vandalised

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vandalised tees -  WAFA library image

vandalised tees - WAFA library image

Source: WAFA

As Palestinians work on their annual olive harvest in the occupied territories, Israeli settlers yesterday vandalized hundreds of olive trees in the south of the West Bank, according to local officials.

Diab Mashaleh, head of al-Jabaa village council, west of Bethlehem, told WAFA that Israeli settlers chopped and destroyed 300 olive trees in the northern areas of the village.

This is the second time in days settlers vandalize olive trees in al-Jabaa village in an attempt to harm Palestinian farmers in their livelihoods.

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