Israeli settler attacks target Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers approach a Palestinian farmer during the harvest season in the Palestinian-owned olive groves in the village of Rantes near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, October 6, 2026 [AFP]

Israeli settlers have carried out attacks and pogroms disrupting the Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank, while Israeli forces separately detained several Palestinians across the occupied territory.

At least 19 settler attacks were recorded on Friday by the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian government body operating under the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

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The commission said the incidents included attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters, the burning and uprooting of olive trees, and the theft of crops and livestock. Other Palestinians and their vehicles were also targeted.

Settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned groves and stole olives in what is considered the most important season for harvesting the single-seeded stone fruit.

More than 50 olive trees were uprooted by settlers in Qusra, the commission said.

Settlers also assaulted and injured Palestinian farmers involved in the harvest in the Tal, where a Palestinian-owned vehicle was set on fire, it added.

Additionally, olive harvesters were attacked in Jorish, Beita, Naqoura, Birzeit, Deir Bzeih and Farata.

An Israeli security personnel member and Israeli settlers stand near Mou’ayad Mahmoud’s shop in al-Lubban Asharqiya, near Nablus in the West Bank, October 8, 2026 [Atef Safadi/EPA]

A farmer was injured in reported gunfire in Kafr ad-Dik, and the use of live ammunition was reported during a settler pogrom, backed by Israeli forces, in Deir Ballut.

Elsewhere, an elderly Palestinian woman in Berin, east of Hebron, was injured after settlers set their dogs on farmers while sheep were stolen in Ein Qinya.

A Palestinian man and his child were attacked and their vehicle stolen by settlers in Yabrud. Settler attacks on Palestinian-owned vehicles were also reported in the towns of Sarda and al-Rihan.

Brazen attacks against Palestinians

Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank said settlers, backed Israeli forces, have grown more brazen in their attacks against Palestinians during the olive harvest despite the presence of foreign activists and observers.

“Palestinians have to go about the harvest in large groups, that include international solidarity activists, to try to stop settler intimidation and attacks,” Ibrahim said, adding that the settlers wait for the groups to start leaving at the end of the harvest, before springing into action.

“It has become a very difficult journey, as the Palestinians try to leave the harvesting areas, Israeli settlers continue to intimidate them under the protection of the Israeli army,” she said.

As Ibrahim reported, a Palestinian family was under attack by Israeli settlers who recently started building an illegal settlement outpost near Ramallah, “using it as a base to attack Palestinians”, she said.

“No one is being spared,” said Ibrahim.

For Palestinians, the olive harvest is supposed to be a joyous season, but instead, they fear settler attacks and intimidation backed by the Israeli forces.

Sixteen Palestinians arrested

As settler attacks and pogroms continue, the Israeli army arrested 16 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency and local sources speaking to the Anadolu news agency.

In Hebron, southern West Bank, Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes, including Ibrahimi Mosque Director Moataz Abu Sneineh and Hammam Abu Markhiya, an official responsible for the mosque’s custodians, Wafa reported.

In the city of Qalqilya, Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians during a raid, local sources said.

Two other Palestinians were arrested after Israeli forces raided and searched several homes in Beita, south of Nablus, the sources said.

周五，以色列境内至少发生了 19 起定居者袭击事件，与此同时，以色列军队拘留了 16 名巴勒斯坦人。

2026年10月6日，在被占领的约旦河西岸拉马拉附近的兰特斯村，以色列士兵在巴勒斯坦人拥有的橄榄园里接近一名巴勒斯坦农民，当时正值收获季节。[法新社]

以色列定居者在西岸发动袭击和屠杀，扰乱巴勒斯坦人的橄榄收成；与此同时，以色列军队在被占领土上拘留了多名巴勒斯坦人。

巴勒斯坦殖民和隔离墙抵抗委员会（一个在巴勒斯坦解放组织（巴解组织）下运作的巴勒斯坦政府机构）记录显示，周五至少发生了 19 起定居者袭击事件。

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委员会表示，这些事件包括袭击巴勒斯坦橄榄采摘者、焚烧和连根拔起橄榄树，以及盗窃农作物和牲畜。其他巴勒斯坦人及其车辆也成为袭击目标。

定居者放火焚烧巴勒斯坦人拥有的橄榄树林，并在橄榄收获最重要的季节偷窃橄榄。

委员会称，库斯拉有超过50棵橄榄树被定居者连根拔起。

声明还补充说，定居者还袭击并伤害了在塔尔地区参与收割的巴勒斯坦农民，并纵火焚烧了一辆巴勒斯坦人拥有的车辆。

此外，在约里什、贝塔、纳库拉、比尔宰特、代尔布泽赫和法拉塔，橄榄采摘者也遭到袭击。

2026年10月8日，一名以色列安全人员和以色列定居者站在约旦河西岸纳布卢斯附近的卢班阿沙尔基亚镇穆阿亚德·马哈茂德的商店附近。[阿特夫·萨法迪/EPA]

据报道，卡夫尔·阿迪克发生枪击事件，一名农民受伤；另有报道称，在以色列军队支持的代尔·巴鲁特，定居者遭到屠杀时使用了实弹。

在希伯伦以东的贝林，一名巴勒斯坦老妇人受伤，此前定居者放狗袭击农民，同时在艾因金亚偷走了羊。

在亚布鲁德，一名巴勒斯坦男子和他的孩子遭到定居者袭击，他们的车辆被抢走。据报道，在萨尔达和里汉镇也发生了定居者袭击巴勒斯坦人车辆的事件。

对巴勒斯坦人的公然袭击

半岛电视台记者尼达·易卜拉欣从被占领的约旦河西岸拉马拉报道称，尽管有外国活动人士和观察员在场，但在橄榄收获季节，定居者在以色列军队的支持下，对巴勒斯坦人的袭击变得更加肆无忌惮。

“巴勒斯坦人必须结伴而行，与国际声援人士一起收割庄稼，以阻止定居者的恐吓和袭击，”易卜拉欣说，他还补充道，定居者会等到收割结束后，这些人开始离开时，才突然采取行动。

她说：“这已经变成了一段非常艰难的旅程，巴勒斯坦人试图离开收割区，但以色列定居者在以色列军队的保护下继续恐吓他们。”

据易卜拉欣报道，一个巴勒斯坦家庭遭到以色列定居者的袭击，这些定居者最近开始在拉马拉附近建造一个非法定居点前哨站，“以此为基地袭击巴勒斯坦人”，她说。

“没有人能幸免，”易卜拉欣说道。

对于巴勒斯坦人来说，橄榄收获本应是一个欢乐的季节，但现在他们却担心定居者袭击和以色列军队支持的恐吓。

十六名巴勒斯坦人被捕

据巴勒斯坦瓦法通讯社和阿纳多卢通讯社援引当地消息人士报道，随着定居者袭击和种族清洗的持续，以色列军队周五在被占领的西岸地区展开突袭，逮捕了 16 名巴勒斯坦人。

据瓦法通讯社报道，在约旦河西岸南部希伯伦，以色列军队突袭搜查了九名巴勒斯坦人的住所，并逮捕了他们，其中包括易卜拉欣清真寺主任穆阿塔兹·阿布·斯内内和负责清真寺管理员的官员哈马姆·阿布·马尔基亚。

据当地消息人士称，以色列军队在盖勒吉利亚市的一次突袭中逮捕了五名巴勒斯坦人。

消息人士称，以色列军队突袭搜查了纳布卢斯以南贝塔的几处房屋后，另有两名巴勒斯坦人被捕。