Palestinian wounded as Israeli settlers attack olive pickers near Nablus

A Palestinian man was wounded with fractures and bruises on Wednesday after Jewish settlers attacked residents in the lands of Al Sawiya, south of Nablus.

Mahmoud Hassan, head of the village council, said settlers targeted farmers and participants in an olive-picking event in the eastern fields, assaulting Nihad Abu Arar, the council’s deputy head, who fell in rugged terrain and sustained serious injuries, Wafa reported.

Hassan added: “Citizen Abu Arar was taken to hospital after the settlers, accompanied by dogs, attacked us along a rough path that the occupation police had directed us to use.”