Armed Israeli settlers attacked a village south of Nablus overnight Wednesday and torched seven cars

Armed Israeli settlers attacked a village south of Nablus overnight Wednesday and torched seven cars, a Palestinian security official said.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, said dozens of residents of the Esh Kodesh settlement outpost broke into Qusra village firing heavily. A large force of Israeli occupation soldiers entered the village and also clashed with locals, he added.

The attackers torched seven cars set fire to the vehicles in the early hours and residents of the village, near the city of Nablus, saw them driving to the nearby settlement outpost.

Last month, the Zionist settlers damaged around 200 olive trees following clashes between Qusra residents and Esh Kodesh settlers, where settlers wounded an 18-year-old with their gunfire.