Palestinian olive farmers attacked with toxic gas by Israeli forces
Several Palestinian farmers and international activists were attacked with toxic gas by Israeli forces and settlers while picking olives in Beit Lid, east of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
The director of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Murad Shteiwi, told the Wafa news agency that Israeli forces and settlers fired live rounds and gas canisters towards those harvesting olives.
Dozens of people suffered suffocation-like symptoms from the gas, Shteiwi added. He said the international volunteers refused to leave the area despite Israeli threats.
This year’s olive harvest season is experiencing repeated attacks by settlers and Israeli troops, including burning and cutting down olive trees and preventing farmers from reaching their land.
Ninety-four Palestinian women currently in Israeli jails
According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, 91 of these women were detained after October 7, 2023.
The organisations said three of the women are from Gaza, four from Israel proper, four others from occupied East Jerusalem, and 83 from the occupied West Bank. They said 61 remain under arrest, five have been sentenced, and 28 are in administrative detention – held without charge for an indefinite amount of time.
“Seven of the detainees were released in the 2023 exchange deal with Israeli authorities and were re-arrested at various times throughout the year,” said the organisations. “Between 7 October 2023 and October 20, 2024, a total of 425 women were arrested by Israeli forces, with all but 94 released at various times.”
Israeli forces assault Palestinian children in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank town of as-Sawiya, near Salfit, amid the firing of live ammunition and sound grenades, Wafa news agency has reported. During the raid, several Palestinian children and young men were briefly detained and assaulted by Israeli soldiers.
A similar incident took place in Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, where Israeli forces detained a Palestinian child during a military raid into the village.
Wafa reported that Israeli troops raided the town, patrolling the streets before beating and then detaining the minor.
