NABLUS, November 8, 2024 (WAFA) - Israeli occupation forces Friday prevented Palestinian farmers and foreign volunteers from picking olives in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, said a local official.

Ibrahim Imran, head of the Burin village council, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers stormed the southern part of the village, prevented farmers and foreign activists from picking olives and forced them to leave.

This year's olive harvest season in the West Bank has been marked by recurring attacks by colonists and the occupation forces, involving acts such as murder, burning and cutting down of olive trees, stealing crops, and blocking farmers from accessing their land.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission reports that between the start of this year's olive harvest and October 29, occupation forces and colonists have conducted 239 attacks on olive harvesters, including 109 incidents where farmers were denied access to their land.

These attacks led to the killing of a 60-year-old woman, who was identified as Hanan Abdul Rahman Abu Salamah, from the village of Faqqua northeast of Jenin, and the injury of over 50 others. Additionally, the attacks resulted in the burning of hundreds of olive trees and the theft of crops.

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