Wave of attacks on towns and villages begins on Sunday night, with residents of Burqa noting Israelis destroyed ancient trees that were older than Israel itself

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers were behind an attack in which several cars were torched in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlers torched nearly 20 cars early Monday in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian civil defence and an Israeli security source.Some 490,000 settlers live in settlements considered illegal under international law in the West Bank,