On Friday, Israeli forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers continued their attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank, injuring at least 20 Palestinians in assaults and abducting at least 23 others, including former political prisoners.
Colonizers Carry Out 34 Attacks Against Olive Harvesters
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission documented 34 attacks by colonizers against Palestinian farmers, their lands, and crops. The incidents included 15 in the Ramallah and Al-Biereh Governorate, 13 in Nablus, two each in Salfit and Jenin, and one each in Tulkarem and Hebron.
The attacks injured at least 19 Palestinians and caused several others to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Those targeted included children, women, elderly residents, journalists, and rescue crews. The assaults involved attacking and beating olive harvesters, forcing them from their lands, detaining and abducting them, stealing harvested olives and equipment, and setting fire to vehicles and trees.
In the Ramallah and Al-Biereh Governorate, widespread attacks took place in Turmus Ayya, Abu Falah, Burqa, Deir Jarir, Abwein, the areas surrounding Birzeit and Burham, as well as At-Taybeh, Ramon, and Kafr Ni’ma.
Those injured included two foreign journalists, one of whom was photographer Heidi Levine. Two siblings, ages 8 and 12, and their father were also injured when colonizers attacked the family as they harvested olives in Burqa, east of Ramallah.
In the Nablus Governorate, three Palestinians were injured while harvesting olives in Asira Al-Qibliya, while two farmers were injured in a colonizer attack in the Bir Qoura area of Beita. Crews from the Beita Municipality Ambulance Center treated the two injured Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers forced farmers from the southern plain of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya and confiscated their harvest. Meanwhile, colonizers, accompanied by soldiers, attacked olive harvesters in Wadi Abwein, stole olives and equipment, and forced the farmers to leave.
Colonizer attacks also targeted farmers in Qabalan, Burin, and Majdal Bani Fadel, while harvested olives were stolen in Aqraba.
In the Salfit Governorate, groups of colonizers attacked olive harvesters west of Deir Ballout before Israeli soldiers forced the farmers from their lands.
Israeli forces abducted two brothers while they were harvesting olives in Wadi Qana, near Deir Istiya. Soldiers also fired toxic tear gas at farmers north of Salfit and forced them to leave their lands.
In the Jenin Governorate, farmers were forced from their lands in Jalboun, while Israeli forces carried out a military incursion into olive fields in Barta’a, southwest of Jenin, and abducted Murad Dirar and Qais Dirar as they harvested olives.
In Shufa, in the Tulkarem Governorate, Israeli soldiers detained farmers, bound them, and confiscated their phones, identification cards, and olive harvest.
Property damage included five burned vehicles: four in Turmus Ayya, including a Civil Defense vehicle, and a fifth in Asira Al-Qibliya. Colonizers also seized two vehicles in Abwein, damaged other vehicles, burned trees, and stole crops and harvesting equipment.
Separately, armed colonizers attacked Palestinian homes in Wadi Ash-Sheikh, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, fired live rounds toward the properties, and attempted to set several homes on fire.
Israeli Forces Abduct 19 Palestinians in Additional West Bank Military Incursions
Israeli forces abducted four Palestinians during a military incursion into Qalqilia city: former political prisoner Louay Freij, Mohammad Mosleh, Mohammad Daoud, and Ayman Soboh.
During a military incursion into Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, Israeli forces broke into and searched the homes of the brothers Ahmad and Mahmoud Abed and Saleh Abed before abducting them.
In the Tulkarem Governorate, Israeli forces abducted former political prisoner Faisal Mahmoud Khalifa from his home in the Ektaba suburb, east of Tulkarem; former prisoner Alaa Zuhair Jayyousi from the Employees’ Housing neighborhood in the suburb; and former prisoner Abdulrahman Zeid Awad after breaking into his home during a military incursion into Deir Al-Ghusoun, north of Tulkarem.
During a military incursion into the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, Israeli forces broke into and searched several homes and abducted Qais Mohammad Zaghmout and Abboud Saeed Al-Abadla.
In Ash-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron, soldiers abducted Mohammad Zeitoun Halaika after breaking into and searching his home.
Later, Israeli forces abducted two young men during military incursions into the Al-Fawwar refugee camp and Deir Samet town, west of Hebron.
Israeli forces also abducted Mustafa Ghazi Zarra’ after assaulting him and members of his family in Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah.
In Al-Yamun, west of Jenin, Israeli forces assaulted and injured a Palestinian during a military incursion into the town. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its crews treated the injured man. Israeli forces also abducted Ali As-Sammar, Assem Abu Hassan, and Jihad Freihat after breaking into several homes, including those of former political prisoners.
Israeli forces also carried out a military incursion into Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, deployed in several neighborhoods, and patrolled the town’s streets. No abductions were reported.
Separately, a fire broke out in a home belonging to the family of Rasmi Hamayel in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters during a military incursion into the village.
