Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Yitzhar damaged dozens of olive trees belonging to a Palestinian farmer in the village of Burin, in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli watchdog Yesh Din has said, Al Jazeera reports.

Video footage published by the organisation, which campaigns against settler violence, showed five masked individuals holding chainsaws leaving the olive grove as fires engulfed several trees.

“We demand that the military properly prepare to prevent violence against farmers and damage to the trees, and to ensure the harvest takes place,” the organisation said.

The incident occurred at about 6am [03:00 GMT]. In a second post on X, it said settlers later returned to the area and set fire to more trees.