Settlers set fire to farmland and olive trees east of Salfit
The attacks came during the olive harvest, with 5,890 trees damaged across the West Bank in October, according to a monitoring commission.
Settlers set fire to farmland and a number of olive trees east of Salfit on Monday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The fire hit land in the Al-Badoun area, which belongs to the village of Iskaka.
The attack came amid what WAFA described as an escalation in settler violence across the region.
Settlers have blocked several major intersections and roads leading into Salfit city.
They have also deployed heavily in the Wadi al-Sha'er area, which links the city with the town of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, restricting Palestinians' movement and hindering farmers' access to their land.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli forces and settlers carried out 3,133 attacks against Palestinian residents, their land and their property in October.
Of those attacks, 1,369 were carried out by settlers, an increase of 111.6 percent from September, the Commission said.
The attacks in October damaged at least 5,890 trees, including 4,498 olive trees, the Commission added.
It noted that 69 of the damaged trees were in Salfit Governorate.
Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 21, the Commission documented 91 attacks in Salfit Governorate targeting the olive harvest season, out of 409 such attacks across the West Bank.
Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under international law, a position the United Nations has repeatedly upheld, although Israel rejects this view.
