Hebron, November 10, 2026 (WAFA) – Armed Israeli colonists on Tuesday evening attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in the village of Bireen, east of Hebron, according to an anti-settlement activist.

Ratib al-Jabour told WAFA that armed colonists, escorted by the occupation forces, attacked farmers while they were picking olives in the Khillet al-Furn area of the village, inflicting bruises and contusions on several farmers.

He added that the assailants stole the farmers’ olive harvest, at a time when the gun-toting soldiers seized a tractor and detained a farmer.

Meanwhile, colonists drove a family out of their olive groves in Wadi Ma'in of the Masafer Yatta and stole their olive crop and agricultural equipment.

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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