Three citizens were injured as a result of settlers’ assault on olive pickers south of Nablus

Nablus - Ofoq News - Three citizens from the town of Beita, south of Nablus, were injured today, Saturday, as a result of being severely beaten by a group of settlers while they were picking olives in the Iraq Qammas area, south of the town.

Local sources reported that the injured were: Nasser Abdul-Jabbar Aqtash, Mustafa Nasser Abdul-Jabbar Aqtash, and Zaki Jamal Jamil Aqtash, who were transferred to the Beita Emergency Center to receive treatment.

In a related context, several towns and villages in Nablus Governorate witnessed, from this morning until five in the evening, attacks and harassment by settlers and Israeli occupation forces, targeting citizens, farmers, and olive pickers.

The attacks affected the towns and villages of Al-Laban Al-Sharqiya, Douma, Salem, and Barqa, where attempts were made to expel farmers and prevent them from reaching their lands, while the towns of Qablan and Beita witnessed the detention of citizens and farmers.

In the town of Awarta, settlers and occupation forces were present, including the arrest of a farmer, while the area between Burqa and Beit Imrin witnessed a presence of settlers and attempts to expel the farmers.

Settlers also attacked a house in the town of Qasra, demolished its wall, and attacked olive pickers in Osrin, while Rujib witnessed an attack on a farmer and an attempt to steal his crop, and farmers in Aqraba were subjected to harassment and attempts to force them to leave their lands.

These attacks coincide with the olive harvest season, which witnesses an escalation in violations against farmers in a number of areas of the West Bank.