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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers chopped down olive trees belonging to a Palestinian family south of Hebron on Sunday, a local committee spokesman said.

Israelis from Maon settlement razed a 3000-square-meter olive grove near Tuwani village, belonging to Muhammad Ribee and his brothers, Ratib al-Jbour said.

"Settlers and Israel's occupation aim to destroy the Palestinian national economy, and prevent Palestinian citizens from having any source of income for their families," al-Jbrour said in a statement.

He appealed to national and international organizations to intervene and bring to an end to "cancerous settlement expansion."