NABLUS, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), A Palestinian was martyred and 16 others were wounded Wednesday when Israeli forces and settlers launched a joint attack on farmers harvesting olives in the town of Burqa, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, Ali al-Bazzari, 44, succumbed to wounds he sustained during the attack that was carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers on Burqa farmers.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided medical assistance for eight people injured in the attack, including three who were wounded by live fire.
One of the gunshot victims was reported to be in extremely critical condition.
According to local sources, a large group of extremist Jewish settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, attacked farmers from the town of Burqa while they were harvesting olives in their grove in the Ramin Plain.
Several farmers sustained injuries after those settlers physically attacked them and fired live bullets at them.
The settlers also blocked paramedics and threatened to open fire on anyone approaching, delaying emergency medical evacuation for the victims.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers assaulted paramedics and local volunteers as they tried to reach the wounded and evacuate them from the area.
The soldiers also detained three paramedics and one volunteer and confiscated ambulance keys before later releasing them and ordering them to leave the area.
