Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Kisan, southeast of Bethlehem: Israeli settlers cut down 120 olive trees on Palestinian-owned land, WAFA reports

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Kisan, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank (village-level, estimated)
Actors
Palestine
Importance
Standard

Israeli settlers cut down 120 olive trees on a 10-dunam Palestinian-owned plot in the village of Kisan, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, on 18 October 2026, landowner Ali Mousa Abu Daya told WAFA. Quds News Network reported that settlers vandalised and smashed dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers near Kisan. No Israeli military or police statement on the incident was read.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Israeli colonists cut down 120 olive trees in Bethlehem-area village, Israeli settler militias have vandalized and smashed dozens of olive trees near the village of Kisan

WAFA citing the landowner and Quds News Network (unverified lead, which says 'dozens'); exact time not given.