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Friday, November 7, 2025
Settlers filmed cutting down olive trees, said to ignite farmland, in West Bank
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Footage circulating on social media appears to show Israeli settlers tearing down olive trees in the South Hebron Hills.
WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news outlet, reports that “Israeli colonists damaged more than 15 ancient olive trees,” citing local activist Osama Makhamra, who says the trees were centuries old and belonged to members of the Nawajaa family.
Israeli forces “raided the village” after the incident, WAFA adds. The PA organ also reports settler violations of two agricultural sites near Nablus.
Separately, WAFA reports, citing local sources, that Israelis set fire to tracts of farmland near Jenin, which also damaged several olive trees. Palestinian Civil Defense members are fighting the flames, according to the report.
The news bulletin adds that amid the fire, Israeli forces “raided the town of Arraba,” carrying out a search.
Israeli settler terrorists vandalized dozens of Palestinian olive trees near the village of Susya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Not humans, animals, or even trees are spared from their terrorism. pic.twitter.com/64ObMNtqc9
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) November 7, 2025
The incidents come after settlers reportedly threw stones on Thursday at homes in Hebron, wounding a Palestinian boy in the face, who was brought to a hospital.
The Times of Israel Community.