Zionist settlers destroyed 2,600 olive trees in Oct

The Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees released a report on Tuesday which found that over 2,600 olive trees were destroyed by settlers in October.

The report by the Gaza-based NGO issued findings on settler violence and attacks against Palestinian agriculture in October.

According to the report, 55 attacks took place across 37 villages and in eight cities. Over 53 percent of settler attacks took place in the Nablus district.

Over 1,640 dunams of land were burnt and 500 dunams confiscated across the West Bank, the report found.

Of the total amount of olive trees destroyed, over 1,500 were set on fire.

The destruction of 2,602 olive trees amounts to a monetary loss of around $150,000, the report said.

Thirteen farmers were also injured in Nablus as a result of settler attacks.