Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian farmlands

Extremist Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian farms and pasture lands in the south of the West Bank city of Nablus, local Palestinian sources told the Anadolu Agency yesterday.

Member of the council of Burin Village Waleed Obaid said that a number of settlers snuck into the eastern areas of the village and set fire to over than 10,000 square metres of pasture lands.

The settlers, who came from a nearby illegal settlement, withdrew safely under the protection of the Israeli occupation’s troops, he explained.

Palestinian firefighters arrived on the scene to deal with the blaze however they were had gas canisters and plastic bullets shot at them by the Israeli troops.

Burin has suffered repeated attacks at the hands of extremist Israeli settlers who descend from three illegal settlements surrounding it. The most destructive aggression is the appropriation of Palestinian lands for the expansion of these settlements, a member of Burin’s council said.