Accra:The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission has documented 34 attacks by colonists targeting Palestinian farmers, their lands, and crops since Friday morning. These incidents have been reported across six governorates, including Ramallah and al-Bireh, Nablus, Salfit, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, the attacks involved beating olive pickers, evicting them from their lands, detaining them, and stealing crops and equipment. There were also reports of trees and vehicles being set on fire. At least 19 Palestinians were injured, with cases of suffocation also recorded. The victims included children, women, elderly people, journalists, and rescue crews.
In the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, extensive attacks occurred in areas such as Turmus Ayya, Abu Falah, Burqa, and others. Among the injured were two foreign journalists, including American photojournalist Heidi Levine. In one incident, two brothers, aged eight and 12, and their father were harmed while picking olives in Burqa.
In Nablus, three Palestinians were injured in Asira al-Qibliya while harvesting olives, and two farmers were hurt in Beita. Farmers forced to leave Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had their crops seized. Colonists, with support from Israeli occupation forces, attacked olive pickers in Wadi Abwein, stealing their olives and equipment and forcing them out.
In Salfit, colonists assaulted olive pickers near Deir Ballut before Israeli forces expelled them. Two brothers were detained in Wadi Qana, and tear gas was used against farmers in the northern part of Salfit city.
In Jenin, farmers were expelled from their lands in Jalbun, while Murad and Qais Darar were detained in Barta'a. In Tulkarm's Shufa, farmers were detained by Israeli forces, who confiscated their phones, identity cards, and crops.
Material damage included the burning of five vehicles, four in Turmus Ayya and one in Asira al-Qibliya, as well as the seizure and damage of other vehicles, tree burnings, and theft of crops and equipment. The commission emphasized that these repeated attacks, along with the obstruction of farmers' access to their lands, exacerbate their losses and impede harvest completion.
The commission called for effective protection for farmers and accountability for those responsible for the attacks, noting that the figures remain preliminary as further monitoring and verification continue.