West Bank

Settler Attacks Target Palestinians and Property Across West Bank

Settler Attacks Target Palestinians and Property Across West Bank

Settlers burned olive trees, attacked olive pickers, fired at Palestinian homes and released livestock on Palestinian land in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank.

Settlers launched attacks on Palestinians and their property in separate areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, including burning olive trees, attacking olive pickers, firing at Palestinian homes and releasing livestock on Palestinian land.

Settlers set fire to olive trees in the Wadi al-Shaer area between the city of Salfit and the town of Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, while others attacked olive pickers near the town of Jurish, southeast of Nablus.

In the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, armed settlers fired at Palestinian homes during an incursion into the Dahr al-Rihan suburb.

In Masafar Yatta, south of Hebron, settlers released their livestock on land in the Khirbet Umm al-Khair area.