RAMALLAH, October 10, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives on Saturday morning in the village of Burqa, west of Ramallah, forcing them off their land and preventing them from continuing the harvest.

Sail Kanaan, head of the Burqa Village Council, told WAFA that a group of colonists  raided the Khallat Ali area, located between the village and the nearby town of Deir Dibwan, and assaulted farmers as they picked olives. The settlers forced them to leave their land and warned them not to return to resume harvesting.

Last Tuesday, colonists set fire to a house in the village occupied by a family of five.

Burqa has been subjected to repeated colonist attacks targeting residents’ homes and agricultural land, alongside attempts to raid the village and terrorize its residents.

According to the latest figures, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission recorded 19 colonist attacks on Friday targeting olive harvesters, farmers, and their property. The attacks included setting fire to a vehicle, uprooting more than 50 olive trees in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, attacking olive harvesters in several West Bank villages, and opening fire and injuring a farmer in Salfit Governorate.

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