The Israeli occupation has been scaling up the attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, with arrest campaign in several areas and assaults on the Palestinian olive season going ahead.
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian olive pickers in Burqa, east of Ramallah of the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.
Locals told the news agency the settlers attacked farmers with sticks and stones and tried to steal one of their vehicles.
Israeli settlers attack the town of Burqa in the occupied West Bank. The man in the video reports the burning of land and olive trees, two houses, and an unconfirmed kidnapping.
The second photo shows an Israeli settler injured by stones thrown by Palestinians defending their… pic.twitter.com/AkAKegegsM
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Israeli media reported two injuries among Israelis who torched olive trees in Burqa, saying they were wounded as the Palestinians confronted the Zionist assailants.
Similar attacks were reported south of Al-Khalil (Hebron), with Palestinian media saying the Israeli occupation army prevented two families from reaching their land in the area.
Olive cultivation is crucial in the Palestinian economy and is used for oil, soap and table olives among other things.
About 80,000 to 100,000 Palestinian families rely on the olive harvest for their income, which takes place between October and November.
Earlier, Israelis settlers raided the West Bank city of Al-Bireh overnight and set around 15 vehicles on fire, Palestinian media reports.
An eyewitness recounts his experience of the horrific arson attack carried out last night by Israeli settler militias in the city of Al-Bireh, the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/J9ab8zKAfM
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Commenting on the Israeli attacks, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the international failure to halt the ongoing genocide in Gaza is fueling widespread settler crimes across the occupied West Bank.
“This assault is viewed as an extension of widespread settler crimes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and as a replication of the genocide and forced displacement campaign endured by the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has persisted unabated for 395 days,” it said.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: International Failure to Halt #Genocide Encourages #Settler Terrorist Militias to Replicate Atrocities in the West Bank
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemns the brutal attack by settler militias on the city of Al-Bireh,… pic.twitter.com/K46p3MdnTy
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Also on Monday, Palestinian quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society as saying that Israeli military has arrested at least 12 Palestinians, including a teenager, from the occupied West Bank overnight.
The rights group said a teen was among the people arrested by the Israeli occupation army during raids across the governorates of Al-Khalil, Nablus, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Qalqilya.
It noted that the number of arrests in the West Bank had surpassed 11,600 since October 7, 2023.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
