An-Najah News -  According to a local source Illegal Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of olive saplings in the village of Asira ash-Shamaliya,Nablus city.

 According to the Ministry of Information office in Nablus, settlers, protected by an Israeli forces escort, broke into an agricultural area in the vicinity of the village,which is facing an Israeli threat of confiscation.

 They uproot the olive saplings that have been planted by Palestinian activists in the area.

Settlers attempted to set up tents in the same area, but were confronted by local citizens who forced them to leave the area.

Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the occupied West Bank