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Palestinians document over 150 assaults by illegal Israeli settlers since start of olive harvest season

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Olive harvest of Palestinians continue despite Israelis, seizing Palestinian land, conduct attacks under the protection of Israeli soldiers, in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah, West Bank, on October 20, 2025. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]

Illegal Israeli settlers staged 158 assaults against Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank since the start of the olive harvest season in October, according to a local official, Anadolu reports.

Muayyar Shaaban, who heads the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, said field teams documented 17 attacks by the Israeli army and 141 others by illegal settlers.

“These attacks ranged from violent physical assaults, arrests, movement restrictions, denial of access, intimidation, and harassment to direct gunfire,” Shaaban said.

According to the official, 56 attacks were carried out in the northern city of Nablus, 51 assaults in the central city of Ramallah, and 15 in Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Shaaban noted that 57 incidents of movement restrictions and intimidation against olive pickers were documented, in addition to 22 cases of beating and physical assault against farmers.

READ: Israeli army fires at Palestinian farmers in central occupied West Bank

A total of 795 olive trees were destroyed in 74 attacks directly targeting olive-planted lands, he added.

The Palestinian official described the season as “one of the most difficult and dangerous in decades” due to the escalating attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers.

Shaaban accused the Israeli occupation of systematically targeting the olive harvest season due to the deep emotional and historical bond between Palestinians and their land as part of “a clear and declared plan to control Palestinian geography and deny Palestinians access to their lands.”

According to Palestinian figures, illegal Israeli settlers have carried out 7,154 attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank since October 2023, killing 33 Palestinians and displacing 33 Bedouin communities.

In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Palestine accuses Israel of destroying 90% of Gaza’s agricultural assets in 2 years

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A farmer works the land near Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip on December 11, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. [Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Image]

Palestine accused Israel on Tuesday of destroying more than 90% of Gaza’s agricultural assets over the past two years and harming over 5,353 farmers in the occupied West Bank since the start of this year, Anadolu reports.

The agricultural sector in Palestine is facing “major transformations and unprecedented challenges” as a result of Israel’s “systematic violations targeting land, water, people, and identity,” Agriculture Minister Rezq Salimia said in a press conference held at the ministry’s headquarters in Ramallah.

“The (Israeli) genocidal war in the Gaza Strip caused massive destruction, exceeding 90% of agricultural resources and assets, including irrigation wells, greenhouses, and farming facilities,” he added.

In the West Bank, Salimia said Israel controls more than 60% of its territory, blocking development, reclamation, and rehabilitation projects, and preventing the expansion of agricultural land use.

“If access to those areas under Israeli control were possible, they would have generated more than $3 billion in economic value and provided at least 200,000 job opportunities,” he added.

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“This means we could have dispensed with all foreign aid if we were allowed to invest in those lands,” the minister said.

Since the beginning of 2025 through mid-October, “more than 5,353 farmers were affected by Israeli violations, marking a 17% increase compared with last year,” Salimia said.

He noted that total losses “exceeded $70.3 million, including the burning and uprooting of trees, destruction of agricultural infrastructure, killing and theft of livestock, confiscation of tens of thousands of dunams of land, and preventing farmers from accessing them while allowing systematic settler grazing.”

Since October 2024, the ministry has documented the destruction of more than 15,000 olive trees, according to Salimia.

Israel has killed over 68,200 people and injured more than 170,300 in Gaza since October 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

The occupied West Bank also witnessed a sharp rise in attacks over the same period, with at least 1,056 Palestinians killed, around 10,300 injured, and more than 20,000, including 1,600 children, detained, according to official Palestinian figures.

READ: Israeli army says Hamas has tightened its grip on Gaza since the ceasefire