Salfit:Israeli colonists and occupation forces carried out a series of attacks against Palestinian olive harvesters across the occupied West Bank on Friday.
According to Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA – English, in the Salfit governorate, colonists assaulted olive pickers in the al-Wadat area, north of Bruqin town, forcing them to leave their land. One farmer was beaten and later transferred to Salfit Governmental Hospital, and the colonists vandalized farmers' vehicles.
In Hebron governorate, colonists stormed Palestinian olive groves in the Sahlat Ma'in area of Masafer Yatta, torching an agricultural structure and destroying equipment and supplies, as reported by activist Osama Makhammara. Armed colonists also attacked farmers in the Tawas area, west of Dura, preventing them from picking olives.
In Bethlehem governorate, occupation forces assaulted farmers and foreign solidarity activists in Abu Njeim village, southeast of Bethlehem, forcing them to leave at gunpoint. Security sources indicated that three farmers were detained by gun-toting soldiers.
In Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, colonists attacked farmers, preventing them from collecting olives and forcing them to leave their land. Meanwhile, occupation troops forced over 30 olive pickers to leave their lands in al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, using stun grenades and chasing them from areas close to the village homes.