A Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces yesterday while harvesting olives in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Ibn Sina Specialised Hospital in Jenin announced the woman’s death, stating she had succumbed to her injuries in the town of Faqqu’a, north of Jenin.
Earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its teams in Jenin had been called out to treat a 59-year-old woman from Faqqu’a who had been shot in the back, adding that they tried to resuscitate her, but she later died.
Eyewitnesses reported that the woman was shot while working in an olive field near the illegal Israeli Separation Wall.
Also yesterday, Israeli settlers yesterday fired at Palestinian olive pickers in the town of Kafr Al-Labad, in Tulkarm.
Ayman Gharib, an anti-settlement activist, stated that Israeli forces arrived at the scene following the shooting and fired tear gas at the Palestinian farmers, causing several of them to suffer from suffocation.
On Monday, four Palestinians were injured after settlers attacked olive pickers in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
According to UN OCHA figures released yesterday, since the beginning of October 2024, 51 settler-related attacks on Palestinians and their properties have been recorded, including 32 that led to casualties, property damage or both, which took place in 57 communities across the occupied West Bank. The majority of the incidents were related to the olive harvest season whereby Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians or prevented them from gaining access to their lands and damaged trees, stole crops and harvesting tools.
It added that since 1 October 2024, 54 Palestinians were injured within the context of settler attacks against Palestinians, including 44 by Israeli settlers and ten by Israeli forces. Furthermore, about 600 (mainly olive) trees and saplings were burnt, sawed off, had their crops stolen, or otherwise vandalised, affecting Palestinian farmers in about 15 communities across the West Bank.
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