This article was originally published by Ma'an News and is republished with permission.

A Palestinian girl observes severe damage to her family's car after returning from harvesting olives near Nablus. (Maan Images)

On Thursday morning, Israelis from the West Bank settlement of Qedumim set fire to olive trees owned by a Palestinian farmer, Fathi Hamed Amer, in the village of Kafr Qaddum, which is adjacent to the settlement.

Witnesses reported that as of late morning the olive groves were still burning. The area lies west of the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

The burning of the olive trees is the latest in a series of violent settler attacks, particularly against Palestinian famers, who recently began the annual olive harvest.

On October 10th and 11th, Israelis from settlements in the Nablus area assaulted farmers working on their land in villages near Nablus.

In the first attack, six Palestinians, including a 70-year-old man, were injured. In the second, two Palestinians were hospitalized for head injuries.

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