Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during West Bank olive harvest

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 12:58 · Archive

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. The BBC witnessed about a dozen settlers dressed in black charge down a hill towards a field where Palestinians and activists were harvesting olives. They torched around a dozen trees and hurled stones from slingshots.

Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was at the scene, was taken to hospital. She told reporters she 'got jumped' and described being kicked on the ground.

The UN says the past two weeks have already seen more attacks by violent Israeli settlers than during the entire harvest season last year. It says this year levels of settler violence have reached an all-time high. Al Jazeera reports that multiple settler pogroms, under the watch of Israeli forces, are targeting farmers across the occupied West Bank.

How it is being reported

• Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvestIsraeli settlers were seen attacking Palestinian farmers and setting fire to olive trees in the West Bank.BBC News · 16 Oct, 12:40
• Palestinian olive trees torched as settler pogroms escalate during harvestIt is Palestine’s olive harvest, but settlers have set their trees and vehicles on fire.Al Jazeera · 16 Oct, 11:27

In this story: Palestinian farmers · Israeli settlers · West Bank · United Nations · Washington Post

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