RAMALLAH, October 16, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian olive pickers in the towns of in the towns of Deir Jarir and Abwein, east and north of Ramallah, on Friday, injuring three Palestinians, seizing olive harvests and vehicles, and damaging others, while Israeli occupation forces briefly detained and interrogated farmers and confiscated their harvest in the village of Shufa, south of Tulkarm.

In Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, local sources said Israeli occupation forces obstructed citizens from reaching their agricultural land as colonists gathered near farmland and farmers. Colonists, under the protection of Israeli forces, then attacked Palestinians while they were harvesting olives, beating and injuring three of them.

In Abwein, north of Ramallah, mayor Mahmoud Dheeb Hamad said colonists, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, attacked farmers and olive pickers, seized their olive harvest and two vehicles, and smashed several other vehicles. They also forced Palestinians to leave their land, particularly in the Wadi al-Laban and Gharaba areas east of the town.

In Shufa, south of Tulkarm, Israeli forces raided agricultural land west of the village and briefly detained several farmers from the Hamed family while they were harvesting olives. 

Eyewitnesses said soldiers confiscated the farmers' mobile phones, identity cards and harvested olives, restrained them and subjected them to interrogation.

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