Palestinians report that a group of settler extremists attacked the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir overnight, setting fire to at least three vehicles.
Local leader Amin Abu Ali tells the Ynet news site that the settlers initially threw stones at Palestinian vehicles, before entering the village north of Ramallah and burning vehicles and clashing with local residents.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Al-Mughayyir was also the scene of an attack earlier this week on olive harvesters in the village.
In recent years, the olive harvest season, which is critical for the domestic economy of Palestinians living in rural towns and villages in the West Bank, has witnessed dozens of attacks by settler extremists against the olive growers and their laborers, in an apparent effort to make the industry non-viable.
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