A Palestinian man was wounded and two others were arrested on Friday amid attacks by Israeli forces and illegal Israeli settlers targeting olive pickers and agricultural communities across the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.
In the northern occupied West Bank, a 36-year-old Palestinian man sustained bruises and other injuries after being beaten by illegal Israeli settlers in Burqa, northwest of Nablus.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams treated him after he fell from a height during the attack.
In Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, illegal settlers attacked farmers harvesting olives in the northern part of the town, prevented them from continuing their work and forced them to leave their fields, local sources told Anadolu.
Israeli soldiers also pursued olive pickers in the southern and eastern parts of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, and fired sound grenades at them.
More than 30 Palestinians were forced to leave agricultural land located just dozens of metres from homes in the village, according to local sources.
Homes and agricultural property targeted
In the Al-Masoudiya area northwest of Nablus, illegal settlers reportedly broke into a house, damaged its door and belongings, and cut electricity lines.
In the Jenin governorate, settlers entered the eastern part of Jaba early Friday and stole equipment from a vehicle repair workshop. They also damaged three vehicles by smashing windows and slashing tyres, and stole a car radio, other equipment and two sheep from outside Palestinian homes.
Jaba Mayor Mohammad Al-Baddad told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa that the settlers arrived in a vehicle before carrying out the thefts and vandalism.
In the central occupied West Bank, settlers attacked olive pickers and a foreign solidarity activist in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, according to local sources. The activist was assaulted while accompanying Palestinian farmers, while Israeli forces arrested two Palestinians harvesting olives east of the town.
In Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, illegal settlers attacked olive pickers near homes belonging to the Jabr family and opened fire towards Palestinian houses, local sources said.
Palestinian commission documents hundreds of attacks
The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said on October 22 that it had documented 409 attacks targeting olive farmers, trees, agricultural land and equipment across the occupied West Bank between October 1 and 21.
According to the commission, 317 of the incidents were attributed to illegal Israeli settlers and 92 to Israeli forces.
The reported attacks included preventing farmers from reaching their fields, forcing them off their land, stealing crops and damaging olive trees and agricultural equipment.
Israeli military raids and settler attacks have intensified across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, since October 2023.
Palestinians have reported killings, arrests, home demolitions, arson, land bulldozing and the displacement of communities during this period.
