Agricultural communities faced heavy economic destruction as settlers ruined greenhouses and crops near Jericho, while olive harvesters endured assaults and detentions across six governorates. In East Jerusalem, two families demolished their own Jabal al-Mukabber residences after spending 25,000 shekels on unsuccessful legal appeals, leaving 18 individuals displaced. Military raids east of Ramallah and broad closures throughout Hebron further compounded hardships for local residents.
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Olive pickers suffered assaults, crop theft, tree uprootings, and field access restrictio…: Olive pickers suffered assaults, crop theft, tree uprootings, and field access restrictions across the West Bank.
Eighteen residents were displaced in East Jerusalem after two Palestinians were forced to…: Eighteen residents were displaced in East Jerusalem after two Palestinians were forced to demolish their own Jabal al-Mukabber homes.
A military raid lasting over three hours in the Abu Fazaa Bedouin community resulted in a…: A military raid lasting over three hours in the Abu Fazaa Bedouin community resulted in assaulted residents, smashed vehicles, and one detainee.
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Israeli forces and settlers carried out 20 attacks on Palestinian olive pickers in six West Bank governorates on Friday, according to the Palestinian Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission.
The attacks included detentions, assaults, uprooting of trees and theft of crops, the commission said, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Farmers were also blocked from their fields.
West of Jericho, settlers entered farmland in ad-Duyuk at-Tahta with their sheep. They destroyed crops and greenhouses, resident Mustafa Fheidat told Wafa.
He estimated the damage at hundreds of thousands of shekels.
East of Ramallah, Israeli forces raided the Abu Fazaa Bedouin community for more than three hours, smashing vehicles, assaulting residents and detaining one man.
In Hebron, Israeli forces closed several Old City neighbourhoods for Jewish holidays, including the Ibrahimi Mosque, which will stay closed to Muslims until Saturday night.
Forces also detained three Palestinians, including a journalist, in Hebron and Masafer Yatta, assaulting a fourth.
Among them was Mohammad Yousef Makhmareh, a man with a disability, who was detained in Khirbet al-Markaz after soldiers tried to take his sheep. He lost a hand…
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