Waves of settler attacks reported across W. Bank in past 24 hours

In the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah, a Palestinian suffered suffocation and facial burns after settlers sprayed him with pepper spray during an attack on olive farmers west of the village. The settlers also damaged olive trees and vandalized agricultural equipment belonging to local residents.

Israeli forces stormed the village following the attack to protect the settlers. They also carried out a series of raids on homes in the village of Beit Ur al-Tahta, west of Ramallah.

Meanwhile, settlers stormed agricultural property in the village of Sinjil three times on Saturday, assaulting farmers in the Tal and al-Waer areas. They reportedly beat an elderly farmer and stole his cellphone and harvesting equipment, while also releasing livestock into cultivated fields and stealing irrigation water.

In al-Mughayyir village, settlers assaulted two local residents in the al-Batayen area and damaged olive harvests. While in the towns of Yabrud and Atara, settlers grazed their livestock on farmland planted with olive trees.

Settlers also attacked farmers in the villages of Burqa and Kafr Malik, stealing harvest sheets and destroying ladders. In Ein Arik, they assaulted farmers, injuring one of them and stealing harvested olive crops.

In the villages of Shuqba and Beitillu, Israeli forces prevented farmers from accessing their swaths of land, while settlers blocked the Marj Si’ area between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, preventing landowners from reaching their property.

In Salfit, settlers surrounded farmers in the al-Wad al-Ahmar area east of the village of Marda, damaged one of their vehicles, and forced them to leave their land.

In Deir Ballut, settlers assaulted the family of Mahmoud Mustafa in the al-Wad ash-Shami area, stealing eight sacks of olives, an olive-harvesting machine, and an electric bike. They also damaged the family’s cellphones.

Another group of settlers, escorted by soldiers, also attacked olive farmers in the al-Adar area of Kafr ad-Dik town, forcing them to leave their groves and stealing harvested crops, sheets, and ladders.

In Nablus, settlers attacked olive farmers in several areas of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, assaulting them with pepper spray and attempting to steal their harvests.

Other settlers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, forcibly expelled farmers from their lands in the Wadi Abwein area.

In the village of Qaryut, settlers stole olives that had already been harvested by local farmers and broke branches from longstanding olive trees.

In al-Khalil, settlers from the settlement of Susiya attacked Yousef Abu Qabeita and his wife while they were harvesting olives in the al-Latoun area south of Yatta. The settlers reportedly assaulted the couple, stole their olive harvest, and took Abu Qabeita’s ID.

Settlers also attacked farmers in the Soba area west of Dura, while Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the area.

In Tulkarem, settlers stole olives from privately owned Palestinian lands located behind the separation wall in the town of Far’un, south of the governorate.

In eastern Qalqilya, settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles near the main rotary on the Qalqilya-Nablus road.

In a related context, the Red Crescent and media sources said that 13 Palestinian citizens were injured following attacks by settlers and Israeli soldiers in different areas of the West Bank on Saturday evening.