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Settlers, protected by Israeli occupation forces, escalated their attacks on farmers, their lands, and properties in several West Bank governorates, coinciding with the olive harvest season.
Since the morning hours, settler rampages have continued in towns south of Nablus, where they attacked Palestinian homes in the western area of the village of Ausreen, and assaulted several people, resulting in injuries and bruises.
Settlers also targeted Palestinian homes and vehicles with stones in attacks documented by video footage, causing material damage.
In Burin, settlers attacked farmers while they were picking olive fruits, seizing agricultural equipment and olive fruits, in addition to three Palestinians being injured by tear gas inhalation, which was released by the occupation forces during the raid on the town.
In Beit Awa, settlers attacked farmers while they were picking olive fruits in the Qamas area, a day after attacking the Jabal Al-Arma area, firing live ammunition, and detaining several young men and solidarity activists in the area who had come to help farmers pick olive fruits.
In Mughayer, north-east of Ramallah, a group of settlers grazed their sheep in olive tree-planted lands in the eastern Mughayer plain, protected by the occupation forces, causing damage to the trees and crops.
In Aqraba, the occupation forces arrested two young men, whose identities are still unknown, while they were picking olive fruits on the road connecting Aqraba and Khirbet Yanun.
In the southern area of Baqah Al-Hatab village, east of Qalqilya, a group of settlers attacked farmers in Wadi Abu Tabikh, trying to prevent them from reaching their lands and assaulting them, forcing them to leave the area.
The suffering of Palestinian farmers during this year's olive harvest season is worsening compared to previous years, amid escalating settler attacks protected by the occupation forces, threatening to lose larger quantities of the crop and depriving farmers of safe access to their lands and picking their fruits.
The Anti-Wall and Settlement Authority reported that during the past month, the occupation forces and settlers carried out 2051 attacks against Palestinians, their lands, and properties, including 1404 attacks carried out by the occupation forces and 647 attacks carried out by settlers, as part of the escalating attacks and continuous targeting of the Palestinian presence and the components of its steadfastness on its land.
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