Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers during olive harvest in occupied West Bank

Palestinian farmers were assaulted by Israeli settlers on Friday morning while harvesting olives in Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, eyewitnesses told Wafa.

A group from the Ramot settlement, built on Palestinian land, reportedly threw stones, hurled verbal abuse and tried to expel farmers from their fields under the protection of Israeli forces in the Wadi al-Madina area.

Witnesses said the farmers resisted the attack and continued their work, noting that such incidents recur each year during the olive harvest, reflecting ongoing attempts to seize more land.

Beit Iksa has long faced repeated settler assaults, particularly during harvest season. Access to farmland is heavily restricted by the occupation, requiring special permits and designated days, part of a wider strategy to displace residents and control agricultural land near Ramot settlement and the apartheid wall.