Conflict & Security
Settler attacks on West Bank olive farmers injure dozens
October 3, 2026 at 09:28 AM · Updated 13d ago
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عشرات الهجمات وإصابات وحرق أشجار.. موسم الزيتون بالضفة يبدأ داميا
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BABBC Arabic
موسم حصاد الزيتون: فلسطينيون يشتكون من هجوم مستوطنين على محاصيلهم الزراعية في قرى في الضفة الغربية المحتلة
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يواليوم السابع
مواجهات بين فلسطينيين ومستوطنين فى قرية المغير شمال شرق رام الله
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يواليوم السابع
إصابة عشرات الفلسطينيين جراء هجوم مستوطنين على المزارعين بجنوب نابلس
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
اقتحامات بالضفة والمستوطنون يهاجمون قاطفي الزيتون تحت حماية قوات الاحتلال
(opens the publisher’s site)Israeli settlers, acting under military protection, attacked Palestinian olive farmers across the West Bank on Saturday, injuring dozens during the harvest season.
- Dozens of Palestinians were injured when settlers attacked olive pickers in Osrin, south of Nablus, on Saturday; settlers also attacked Beita and Burin.
- Settlers carried out the assaults under Israeli military protection, and troops fired tear gas at citizens and journalists in Osrin.
- Settlers burned olive trees on Palestinian land in Abu Dis near Jerusalem and grazed flocks on planted grounds in Al-Mughayyir.
- Data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission recorded 2,051 assaults by Israeli forces and settlers across the West Bank during September.
- The Palestinian Health Ministry reported the death of a 19-year-old Palestinian, bringing the number killed by settlers this year to 30.
- Clashes erupted in al-Mughayyir as armed settlers stormed the village outskirts, and Israeli forces fired live ammunition and imposed movement restrictions.
- Settlers attacked olive farmers in the town of Rantis under military protection, and troops were accused of preventing farmers from reaching their land.
- Hundreds of settlers stormed the old town of Hebron during Saturday's wave of attacks.
- Palestinian National Initiative secretary-general Mustafa Barghouti said the attacks form part of a broader Israeli plan to control the West Bank and displace Palestinians.