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Israeli settlers today set fire to dozens of olive trees in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a local official.

He said that settlers set fire to lands south of Burin, near the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, under the protection of the occupation army, which led to the burning of dozens of olive trees.

He said the settlers also cut down trees that were not affected by the fire, explaining that this area was targeted more than once by settlers who set it on fire.