Nablus:Five Palestinian women, including an elderly woman, experienced tear gas inhalation after Israeli occupation forces launched tear gas canisters at them while they were harvesting olives in the village of Yatma, located south of Nablus.
According to Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA, medical sources indicated that the ambulance service from Qabalan town treated the women for suffocation. The incident occurred after Israeli forces entered the agricultural land where the women were working and fired tear gas canisters toward them.
The Israeli forces then compelled the women to vacate their land, asserting that the area was designated as Area C, under full Israeli control.
In related developments, the villages of al-Mughayyir and Ein Yabrud, east of Ramallah, were subjected to attacks by Israeli colonists who were reportedly supported by occupation forces. These attacks included the theft of olive crops and agricultural equipment.
Data from the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission revealed an escalation in colonist attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, with 18 incidents recorded in nine governorates, including Ramallah and al-Bireh, Nablus, Salfit, Qalqilya, Hebron, Jericho, Jerusalem, and Tulkarm.
The attacks documented involved assaults on olive harvesters, forcing farmers off their land, physical violence, use of pepper spray, detention of residents, and theft of agricultural produce, vehicles, and harvesting equipment. Additionally, some incidents involved attacks on homes, demolition of a wall, and damage to trees.