Extremist Israeli settlers yesterday uprooted about 400 grape saplings belonging to Palestinians in the village of Turmus-Ayya, to the north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses, according to the coordinator of the agricultural committees, Kazem Al-Hajj Muhammad.

Kazem Al-Hajj Muhammad told SAFA correspondent that a group of hardcore Israeli settlers raided the outskirts of the village and uprooted 400 grape saplings in a new attack targeting the livelihood of the local Palestinian population.

"The attacking settlers also destroyed an irrigation network and cut off seven olive trees belonging to local Palestinian villagers," he added.