A group of Israeli settlers yesterday uprooted 170 olive trees in the village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, to the south of the occupied city of Nablus, according to local sources.

The sources said that extremist settlers uprooted about 170 olive trees in lands in the area of al-Rahwat, owned by two local residents.

They added that the settlers escalated their violations against Palestinians and their properties in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.