Under Army Protection.. Settlers Attack Farmers in Salfit and Prevent Them from Harvesting Olives

Salfit - Afaq News - Today, Friday, settlers attacked farmers in various areas of Salfit Governorate, preventing them from continuing to harvest olives and forcing them to leave their lands, all under the protection of the occupation army.

Farmers reported that settlers attacked them while they were harvesting olives in the Wadi Abbas area of the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, smashing the windows of several of their vehicles, and injuring one citizen due to settlers throwing stones at the farmers, coinciding with assaults aimed at preventing them from accessing their lands and harvesting the olive crop.

In the town of Deir Istiya, occupation forces expelled farmers and activists, preventing them from continuing to harvest olives in the western part of the town, at a time when the area is witnessing repeated assaults during the harvest season.

In the village of Haris, settlers attacked farmers, forcing them to leave their lands and preventing them from continuing their agricultural work and harvesting olives.

In the village of Farqa, one farmer reported that a group of settlers attacked him by throwing stones and prevented farmers from reaching their lands in the Jiza area and the surrounding areas northwest of the village, while the theft of olives continues for the third consecutive day, according to reports from farmers in the area.

In the Yasuf area, settlers attacked farmers while they were in their lands in the Wadi al-Ahmar area, preventing them from picking olives and assaulting them, with the protection of the occupation forces present at the site who prevented the farmers from continuing their work.

These assaults come amid the ongoing olive harvest season in the Salfit Governorate, amid farmers' fears of losing their crops and being unable to access their lands, especially in areas close to settlements and outposts established on citizens' lands.