West Bank: 20 attacks by the occupation army and settler terrorism against olive pickers on Friday

Occupation soldiers and settlers committed 20 attacks against olive pickers in 6 governorates of the occupied West Bank on Friday, including detaining farmers, activists, and journalists, stealing crops, and uprooting trees.

The occupied West Bank witnessed on Friday 20 attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation army and settlers against olive pickers in 6 governorates, including detaining farmers, activists, and journalists, stealing crops, and uprooting trees. In Ramallah and al-Bireh, settlers and army forces attacked olive pickers in the village of Kafr Ni'ma west of Ramallah, resulting in the detention of 17 people, including 12 foreign activists, two international journalists, and three Palestinians, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission. In the village of Abu Falah east of Ramallah, settlers forced dozens of activists and journalists to leave the area. Farmers in the towns of Deir Ammar, Aboud, Sinjil, al-Mughayyir, and Barqa also suffered attacks that prevented them from harvesting their crops. In Hebron, the Israeli army detained a Palestinian in the Yatta area after settlers attacked agricultural fields with their livestock, and in the town of Beit Awwa, olive trees were uprooted. Israeli forces also arrested journalist Musab Shawer and Palestinian Iyad Suwaiti.