More than a dozen Palestinians were injured on Saturday after attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Armed settlers assaulted olive pickers with sticks and dogs in the Wadi al-Hajj Issa area of Aqraba in southern Nablus, injuring three and forcing farmers to flee their lands, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
In the nearby town of Duma, Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinians from accessing their olive groves, according to the head of the village council, Suleiman Dawabsha. He said illegal settlers have repeatedly attacked local farmers, stealing olives, vandalizing trees, and grazing livestock on private lands.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that a group of armed settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attacked family members with sticks and stones, injuring seven Palestinians, including women, in the village of Deir Nidham, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
After the attack, Israeli forces closed the only entrance to the village, preventing residents from entering or leaving, and arrested a young man, witnesses said.
