Settler Attacks Injure 3 Palestinian Olive Harvesters in West Bank, Local Sources Say
Witnesses said settlers and soldiers forced farmers from groves, while medics reported 12 Palestinians hospitalized after beatings in five separate incidents.
- On Saturday, Israeli soldiers backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves near Beita and Asira, with soldiers firing tear gas that ignited dry fields as farmers harvested their crops.
- This year's harvest season faces soaring violence as settlers receive political support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government ahead of the October 27 elections, with near-daily attacks reported.
- The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported 12 Palestinians were hospitalized after beatings in five separate incidents on Saturday, while Palestinian officials said settlers killed two others on Thursday and Friday.
- Soldiers detained several Palestinians and six journalists during the confrontations, releasing them after 20 minutes; farmer Mohammed Hamayel told AFP the army's aim was "clearing the area for the settlers."
- The mounting violence has triggered international concern, with Britain recently leading sanctions on products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law.
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Witnesses and rescue workers report violence and seizures of olive groves by settlers supported by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank Israeli soldiers supported settlers
Palestinians injured as Israeli forces help settlers seize West Bank olive groves
BEITA (Palestinian Territories), Oct 4 — Israeli soldiers yesterday backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves at the start of the harvest season, with injuries reported...
Israeli settlers attacked olive pickers and Palestinians in several areas of the West Bank, including burning trees and detaining dozens.
In the Palestinian West Bank, Israeli forces and settlers have shot and driven out local farmers. During the olive harvest, violence continues in the West Bank.
Settler attacks injure 3 Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank, local sources say
LONDON: Israeli settlers injured three Palestinians during attacks on olive harvesters in several communities across the northern West Bank’s Nablus governorate, according to Palestinian media. Settlers accompanied by Israeli forces attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in Beita, Urif, Jamma’in, Awarta, Asira Al-Qibliya, Beit Furik and Deir Sharaf, according to local sources cited by the Palestinian news agency WAFA. One Palestinian was…
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