Israeli colonists attack Palestinian farmers while picking olives south of Nablus

NABLUS: Israeli colonists today attacked Palestinian farmers while they were picking olives in the villages of Madama, Rojib, and Qusra, south of Nablus.

Local sources reported that the colonists attacked citizens while they were attending their lands and picking olives in the village of Rojib, sprayed them with pepper gas, and forced them to leave.

In a related context, an Israeli colonist also attacked a citizen while he was picking olives in the village of Madama, south of Nablus, preventing him from completing his work, and forcing him to leave his land.

In Qusra, colonists further forced citizens to leave the olive fields, and seized a vehicle used to transport them and transport the olives after the harvest.

Since the beginning of the olive harvest season, Nablus villages and towns have been suffering from repeated attacks by the occupation and its colonists, forcing citizens to leave their lands, assaulting them, and seizing their crops.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA