Bethlehem:Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian olive pickers on Saturday in the village of Marah Rabah, located south of Bethlehem. The incident involved dozens of colonists who assaulted the olive pickers near the village's eastern entrance and forced them to leave at gunpoint.
According to Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA – English, the attacks on olive pickers have been escalating, with a recent incident occurring on Friday in the Abu Njeim area where foreign solidarity activists were also assaulted.
On Friday, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented 22 attacks by Israeli forces and colonists targeting olive pickers and their land across five West Bank governorates. These attacks included physical assaults with stones and pepper spray, detention of farmers and activists, firing of live ammunition and tear gas, theft of olive harvests and equipment, burning of agricultural facilities, and the establishment and expansion of settlement structures on Palestinian land.