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Israeli settlers carried out at least 19 attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, disrupting the Palestinian olive harvest by burning and uprooting trees, assaulting farmers and stealing crops and livestock. Israeli forces separately arrested 16 Palestinians in raids, including the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
Israeli settlers are harvesting olives on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, filming themselves at work and raising funds for illegal outposts. Palestinians describe this year as the worst for settler attacks, with the harvest season marked by killings, uprooting orders and destroyed groves.
A 44-year-old Palestinian man was killed and 16 others wounded when Israeli settlers backed by Israeli forces attacked olive harvesters in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated five people at the scene and accused Israeli forces of attacking ambulance crews and detaining medics.
Palestinians began an early olive harvest in the occupied West Bank this week, but were met with attacks by Israeli settlers and forces, arson and stolen crops. In Gaza, airstrikes and killings continued despite a year-old ceasefire as the humanitarian situation deteriorates ahead of winter.
