In less than a week groups of settlers attack the town of Barqa for the second time

On Friday, Israeli settlers attacked the farms of Palestinian citizens in the town of Barqa in the Ramallah Governorate in the central occupied West Bank, and burned their lands for the second time in less than a week.

According to the town's mayor, Sayel Kinan, Israeli settlers burned approximately 400 dunums of Palestinian land planted with fruit trees and olives.

Kenan added: "For the second time in less than a week, settlers set fires."

Last Tuesday, a group of settlers attacked agricultural lands in the “Oqba Park” area in the town of Barqa, and burned olive trees.

Kenan drew attention to the fact that settler attacks in the town since October 7 “escalated and varied between attacking people and homes, cutting down trees, preventing access to fields, and burning crops.”

Since October 7, army and settler attacks in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, have led to the death of 531 Palestinians, the injury of about 5,000, and the arrest of 9,040, according to Palestinian sources.

The Israeli war on Gaza left about 120,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and nearly 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of dozens.