NABLUS (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday Palestinian farmers while picking olive fruits, in the village of Salem, east of Nablus.
According to local sources, a group of settlers from the Alon Moreh settlement assaulted Palestinian farmers in the Khalet Al-Mousa area, north of Salem village, caused damage to the olives and stole a harvesting machine.
The olive season in the West Bank this year witnesses repeated attacks from settlers and Israeli occupation forces (IOF), including killing, burning, and cutting olive trees, stealing crops, and preventing farmers from reaching their lands.
According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, the IOF and settlers have carried out 407 attacks against Palestinians since the start of the olive season, including 120 attacks carried out by the IOF and 242 others by settlers, in addition to 45 joint attacks.
These attacks ranged between violent physical attack, which led to the martyrdom of a Palestinian man at the hands of settlers in the town of Sebastia near Nablus, and a woman who was killed in IOF shooting in the town of Faqouh in Jenin Governorate.
Israeli attacks also included arrest campaigns, blocking traffic, preventing farmers from accessing their lands, and all forms of intimidation.
