SALFIT, October 2, 2026 (WAFA) – A Palestinian on Friday sustained an injury due to a colonist attack in Az-Zawiya town, west of Salfit, according to local sources.
They said that Israeli colonists assaulted a Palestinian as the latter was picking his olives, pepper-spraying him in the face and causing him to suffocate.
Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.
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