West Bank: Israeli settlers uproot nearly 1,000 olive and grape trees near Hebron

Israeli settlers uprooted around 850 olive and grape trees belonging to a Palestinian family southeast of Yatta, south of Hebron, on Monday.

Activist Osama Makhamreh told Wafa news agency that armed settlers from the Susiya illegal outpost stormed the lands of Khirbet Khallat al-Hummus under the protection of the army.

As well as uprooting around 850 olive and grape trees, they destroyed and vandalised the property.