Ramallah, MINA – At least 16 Palestinians, including a woman, were injured and 55 olive trees were burned Saturday in attacks by Israeli settlers on olive harvesters across the occupied West Bank, according to medical and local sources.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said five Palestinians were beaten by settlers while picking olives in a field in Sebastia, north of Nablus. The society also said three Palestinians were injured in a settler assault in Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, while two others were injured after being sprayed with pepper spray in nearby Beit Imrin.
A farmer also suffered bruises after settlers attacked him while he was harvesting olives in Arrabuna, east of Jenin, the same source said. In Rantis, northwest of Ramallah, settlers attacked a man, his wife, and their children with sticks, weapons, and pepper spray in the village’s Al-Tin al-Shami area, injuring five family members, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The wife was also run over during the attack, according to the agency.
Meanwhile, settlers burned about 55 olive trees more than 40 years old on Palestinian land in the wilderness area of Abu Dis, southeast of Jerusalem, Wafa said. The attack took place as a Palestinian farmer was harvesting olives with his wife, children, and grandchildren, the agency said. Settlers also assaulted Palestinian farmers harvesting olives east of Qalqilya in an attempt to prevent them from reaching their land and force them to leave, according to local sources.[]
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