Palestinian teenager killed during Israeli raid in Silwad
A 15-year-old Palestinian boy, Yamen Samed Hamed, was killed last night, shot during a raid by Israeli forces east of Ramallah. Troops used live rounds, tear gas and sound grenades, the Wafa news agency reported.
In Nablus governorate, Israeli forces arrested two men, Moamen al-Tawil in Nablus city, and Salim Ahmed Dawood Abu Sanoubar in the village of Qiblan. Troops also stormed the New Askar refugee camp east of Nablus amid heavy tear gas fire.
Near Jenin, Kafr Dan residents reported raids and detentions, including of Fadi Mar’i and several young men.
In Ramallah, settlers set fire to two Palestinian-owned vehicles in Burqa, and Israeli forces arrested 18-year-old Mohammad Yousef Ma’tan during a separate raid.
Palestinian farmers endure most violent olive harvest in years amid rising settler attacks in West Bank
Palestinian farmers face the most violent olive harvest season in five years as Israeli settler attacks surge across the occupied West Bank.
Monitors recorded 126 assaults on farmers gathering their crops during the first three weeks of October, with more than 4,000 trees destroyed in 70 communities. The damage is twice what was seen last year during the same period.
Seventeen Palestinians were injured in the past week alone, with 60 settler incidents documented – more than half targeting the harvest. New settler outposts have made it harder for farmers to reach their groves, even in places they could previously visit freely.
Israeli settlers steal olives and attack Palestinian farmers in West Bank
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers and stolen olives across the occupied West Bank.
The assaults took place on Friday in the Nablus and Ramallah districts, part of a sustained campaign of violence during harvest season.
In Qaryut village, south of Nablus, settlers broke into land closed to Palestinians for two years and stole olives. Days earlier, they destroyed hundreds of ancient olive trees in the same village.
In Sinjil, north of Ramallah, settlers backed by Israeli forces expelled farmers at gunpoint and detained several activists.
