Ramallah:Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian olive harvesters on Thursday in the town of Abwein, north of Ramallah, and the village of al-Laban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, the colonists, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, forced the harvesters to leave their land in the eastern and northern areas of Abwein and the western and northern areas of al-Laban al-Sharqiya. Additionally, a farmer's vehicle was attacked.
The attacks are part of an escalating pattern of violence by colonists against olive harvesters across the West Bank as the olive harvest season begins. Earlier incidents in Burqa and Sahl Ramin led to the death of Ali Hassan Yasser al-Bazzari, 44, and injuries to 16 others.