Israel arrests 36 Palestinians in the West Bank, attacks on farmers ramp up

Israeli pogroms on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season intensify.

A Palestinian man is detained while attempting to reach his land during the olive harvest on October 17, 2026 in Abu Falah, the occupied West Bank [Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images]

Israeli forces have arrested 36 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, as attacks on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season ramp up.

In Jenin governorate, Israeli forces raided towns and villages on Thursday, arresting 10 Palestinians, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing data from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

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Israeli forces also raided the town of Tuqu in the Hebron governorate on Thursday and arrested former prisoner Shorok al-Badan, along with five others from other parts of Hebron, according to Wafa.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said on Thursday that Israeli forces arrested 14 people in Khirbet Jawaya village of Masafer Yatta in Hebron, while Wafa reported that three other Palestinians were arrested across the Hebron governorate, citing a security source.

In Nablus and Jerusalem, three more Palestinians were arrested during Israeli raids in the village of Burin, the town of Awarta, and the Qalandiya refugee camp.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said it documented 17 pogroms by Israeli forces and settlers on Thursday against Palestinian farmers and their land during the olive harvest.

The incidents were recorded across occupied West Bank governorates, including Hebron, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah and el-Bireh, Jenin and Salfit.

According to the Commission, the attacks included assaults on farmers, preventing them from reaching their land, theft of crops and agricultural equipment, damage and burning of olive trees, as well as arrests, threats at gunpoint and live fire.

The Commission says the pattern represents an escalation in attacks targeting the olive harvest and undermines Palestinians’ ability to access and cultivate their land and maintain their livelihoods.

Israeli attacks on Palestinian farmers garnered international attention and condemnation. US Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander was briefly detained on Wednesday by the Israeli military with a warning while volunteering to help Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the occupied West Bank.

在橄榄收获季节，以色列对巴勒斯坦农民及其土地的迫害愈演愈烈。

2026年10月17日，在被占领的约旦河西岸阿布法拉赫，一名巴勒斯坦男子在橄榄采摘季试图返回自己的土地时被拘留。[Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images]

在橄榄收获季节，针对巴勒斯坦农民及其土地的袭击不断升级，以色列军队在被占领的约旦河西岸各地的突袭行动中逮捕了 36 名巴勒斯坦人。

据巴勒斯坦通讯社瓦法社援引巴勒斯坦囚犯协会的数据报道，周四，以色列军队突袭了杰宁省的城镇和村庄，逮捕了 10 名巴勒斯坦人。

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据瓦法通讯社报道，以色列军队周四还突袭了希伯伦省的图库镇，逮捕了前囚犯肖罗克·巴丹以及来自希伯伦其他地区的五人。

殖民和隔离墙抵抗委员会周四表示，以色列军队在希伯伦省马萨费尔亚塔的希尔贝特贾瓦亚村逮捕了 14 人，而瓦法通讯社援引安全消息人士的话报道称，另有三名巴勒斯坦人在希伯伦省被捕。

在纳布卢斯和耶路撒冷，以色列突袭布林村、阿瓦尔塔镇和卡兰迪亚难民营期间，又有三名巴勒斯坦人被捕。

殖民和隔离墙抵抗委员会表示，他们记录了以色列军队和定居者周四在橄榄收获期间对巴勒斯坦农民及其土地发动的 17 起大屠杀。

这些事件发生在被占领的西岸各省，包括希伯伦、盖勒吉利耶、纳布卢斯、拉马拉、比雷赫、杰宁和萨尔菲特。

据委员会称，这些袭击包括袭击农民，阻止他们到达自己的土地，偷窃农作物和农业设备，破坏和焚烧橄榄树，以及逮捕、持枪威胁和实弹射击。

委员会表示，这种模式表明针对橄榄收成的袭击正在升级，并破坏了巴勒斯坦人获得和耕种土地以及维持生计的能力。

以色列对巴勒斯坦农民的袭击引发了国际社会的关注和谴责。美国民主党国会候选人布拉德·兰德周三在被占领的约旦河西岸志愿帮助巴勒斯坦农民采摘橄榄时，被以色列军方短暂拘留并受到警告。