Settlers destroy over 200 olive trees in Nablus

Published yesterday (updated) 11/01/2013 18:37

A woman inspects olive trees damaged by settlers near Nablus.
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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Settlers destroyed over 200 olive trees in a Nablus village on Friday, an official said.
Dozens of settlers from the illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh raided the village of Qusra early Friday and uprooted at least 210 olive trees, settlement monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
The trees were owned by Gamal Abdel-Aziz, Abdul Hassan, Abdul Ahmed and Noman Abu.
The village of Qusra has been subject to several violent attacks in recent weeks by settlers from nearby outposts.
On Thursday, settlers from the Esh Kodesh outpost fired on Palestinians in the village, shooting Samer Masameer, 26, in the leg.