Israeli forces and paramilitary colonizers injured Palestinians—including a journalist and a farmer who suffered skull fractures—and obstructed the olive harvest across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while Israeli forces also invaded several communities.
Media sources said a large Israeli military force invaded Qabatia, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, initiated searches and abducted a young man before withdrawing
In Tammun, south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town with several military vehicles and broke into several homes.
Kamal Bani Odah, director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society office in Tubas, said the soldiers surrounded one home and ordered a young man to surrender. No abductions were reported during the invasion.
In Deir Abu Mash’al, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the village and attacked Palestinian olive harvesters working on their land.
Local sources said the soldiers fired tear-gas canisters to force them from the area and prevent them from continuing the harvest, causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear-gas inhalation.
During the same incident, the soldiers shot journalist Issam Rimawi in the thigh with a rubber-coated steel bullet while he was covering events in the village.
Israeli forces also prevented farmers from reaching their land in Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah, and forced them to leave before they could harvest their olives.
In Burqa, west of Ramallah, colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the Khallet Ali area, between the village and nearby Deir Dibwan, and forced them from their land. Burqa Village Council head Sayel Kanaan stated that the colonizers warned the farmers not to return to complete the harvest.
Colonizers had set fire on Tuesday to a home in Burqa occupied by a family of five. The village has faced repeated attacks targeting Palestinian homes and agricultural land, as well as attempts to invade the community and intimidate residents.
In Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, Israeli forces invaded the village and detonated a flagpole bearing the Palestinian flag. Local sources said the soldiers claimed they suspected the pole had been booby-trapped.
In al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, Israeli forces and colonizers surrounded the home of Mohammad Hamed Abu Alia’s family and fired tear-gas canisters toward it, causing several family members to suffer the effects of tear-gas inhalation.
Al-Mughayyir Village Council head Amin Abu Alia told WAFA News that 20 people live in the home. He added that Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from approaching and fired tear-gas canisters toward its crew.
In a separate incident east of al-Mughayyir, Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters toward the Abu Atta family home.
In Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, dozens of Palestinian farmers were stranded at agricultural gates after Israeli forces abruptly closed them, preventing the farmers from reaching their land beyond the separation wall.
In Jericho in the eastern West Bank, two young men were shot with live ammunition after Israeli forces invaded the city shortly after midnight and opened fire toward residents in the city center. Medical sources said one was wounded in the thigh and the other in the foot; both were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Also west of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, colonizers assaulted a Palestinian in the village of ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, near Wadi al-Qelt. Witnesses said colonizers from a nearby colonial outpost attacked the man while Israeli forces were present at the scene.
In the Khirbet Qawawis village, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, colonizers released their livestock among Palestinian-owned trees.
In the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, colonizers attacked a Palestinian home and demolished a wall.
Near Salfit in the central West Bank, colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers in the Wadi ash-Sha’er area, seriously wounding Sameh Mahmoud Ibdah and causing skull fractures.
According to the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, colonizers carried out 19 attacks on olive harvesters, farmers, and their property on Friday.
The incidents included setting fire to a vehicle, uprooting more than 50 olive trees in Qusra, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, attacking olive harvesters in several communities, and opening fire and wounding a farmer in Salfit Governorate in the central West Bank.
The commission also reported that attacks by Israeli forces and colonizers damaged 21,508 trees in August 2026, including 19,375 olive trees. Such attacks typically include physical assaults, blocking access to farmland, damaging trees, and stealing crops, threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Palestinian families during the olive harvest.
