Israeli settlers damage forty olive trees in the town of Mukhmas

Israeli settlers damaged, on Sunday, about forty olive trees in the town of Mukhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate stated in a statement that Israeli settlers attacked the Al-Hay area in the town of Mukhmas and cut down about 40 olive trees owned by the Palestinian Asaad Kanaan.

The governorate described the step as "a new assault added to the series of ongoing (Israeli) violations against citizens and their lands".

It noted that the assault comes days after the Israeli army demolished a park and a playground in the town, "as part of escalating attempts to control the area that is subjected to continuous Israeli attacks".

The governorate pointed out that Israeli settlers established an outpost near the town days ago, "as a gathering and planning point for repeated assaults against farmers and their lands".

According to data from the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission (governmental), settlers carried out 621 assaults against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank during the past November, ranging between physical assaults and practices against Palestinians and their property and livelihoods.

Since the start of the genocide war in Gaza on October 8, 2023, which continued for two years, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank have killed more than 1,093 Palestinians, injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

Meanwhile, the genocide in Gaza has left more than 70,000 dead and more than 171,000 injured Palestinians, mostly children and women, along with massive destruction, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.