A big fire Friday overnight broke out in wide swatches of olive groves of Rummanah village, west of Jenin, caused by Israeli army flare bombs, according to security sources.
They said that Israeli forces fired flare bombs towards the villagers’ lands close to the separation wall Israel has built in and around the West Bank.
The flare bombs touched down in the olive groves of the villagers in the area located alongside to the Salem military base, scorching hundreds of olive trees.
Palestinian Civil Defense firefighters rushed to the scene with the help of the villagers in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)