Settler attacks in West Bank injure one, force farmers off land
Settlers attacked residents and olive pickers in Nablus, Bethlehem and Ramallah on Saturday, injuring one resident in the head and forcing others to leave their lands at gunpoint.
Everything tagged olive harvest.
Settlers attacked residents and olive pickers in Nablus, Bethlehem and Ramallah on Saturday, injuring one resident in the head and forcing others to leave their lands at gunpoint.
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission recorded 22 attacks by Israeli forces and settlers against olive pickers and their lands in five West Bank governorates within 12 hours.
Israeli occupation forces forced more than 30 residents to leave their agricultural land in the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya south of Nablus, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest.
Settlers infiltrated Palestinian land in Kafr Malik, chased olive pickers and assaulted them, amid repeated attacks during the olive harvest season in the West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces and settlers carried out 13 attacks against olive pickers, their land and agricultural property in four West Bank governorates, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
Settlers backed by occupation forces attacked olive pickers and foreign activists in Beit Ur al-Tahta west of Ramallah, causing suffocation injuries and detaining activists.