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Israeli Forces Disperse Farmers, Injure Photojournalist During Olive Harvest Near Ramallah
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Israeli forces dispersed olive harvesters near Deir Abu Mesh'al, Ramallah, injuring photojournalist. Palestinian harvesters faced coordinated settler attacks across the West Bank, with 19 incidents reported.
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Olive harvest hit
Israeli occupation forces dispersed dozens of Palestinian farmers as they harvested olives in the Ain Rutba area of Deir Abu Mesh'al, northwest of Ramallah, and injured a photojournalist with a rubber bullet and several civilians with suffocation from tear gas canisters. Al Jazeera correspondent Montaser Nassar said Israeli forces dispersed the farmers in an area near a settler outpost where settlers gather. An Anadolu Agency photographer was struck by a rubber bullet in the foot during the clashes and was transported by ambulance for treatment, while medics treated Palestinians for symptoms of asphyxia due to inhaling the gas.
Al Jazeera reported that settlers arrived in the area aboard small four-wheel-drive vehicles, entered Palestinian lands and picked fruit from the trees. In Ramallah Governorate, Israeli forces forced farmers to leave their lands and prevented them from harvesting in Kafr Ni'ma west of the city, and settlers attacked farmers in Burqa east of the city, driving them off their land under threat with weapons.
Arrests and deaths
Israeli special forces arrested a Palestinian youth after besieging his house in the town of Qabatyeh south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, according to Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera also reported that on Friday evening Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and wounded others, with injuries and suffocation from gunfire and beatings and the throwing of gas grenades during raids in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that the General Authority for Civil Affairs informed it of the martyrdom of Shadi Ahmad Ibrahim Ajrameh (32) by army fire at the Nabi Yunis junction in Hebron, south of the West Bank.
Al Jazeera said the ministry added that the Israeli army detained Ajrameh's corpse, without providing further details about the circumstances of his death. The Palestine Chronicle Staff reported that Israeli occupation forces killed Shadi Ahmad Ibrahim Ajarmeh, 32, near Hebron (Al-Khalil) on Friday evening and wounded a Palestinian journalist near Ramallah on Saturday, as military raids and attacks on olive harvesters continued across the occupied West Bank.
Harvest restrictions and fallout
Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinians from accessing Palestinians' land in the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah, as footage showed about a dozen people walking away from the military-controlled gate at the entrance to the village. In Burqa, Burqa local council head Sayel Kanaan told WAFA that a group of settlers entered the grove close to neighboring Deir Dibwan, accosted the olive pickers, forced them off the land and threatened them not to return. The Times of Israel Community reported that two Palestinian olive pickers were hospitalized after settlers beat and pepper-sprayed them during a harvest in Deir Ibzi, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, and it cited the Palestinian Red Crescent Society saying it took two farmers to the hospital.
The Palestine Chronicle Staff reported that Israeli soldiers shot and wounded Anadolu photojournalist Issam Rimawi on Saturday while he covered Palestinians harvesting olives near Ramallah, and Rimawi said soldiers opened fire despite the journalists wearing press vests and helmets identifying them as members of the media. The Jerusalem Post reported that the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry revealed that the Global Sumud Flotilla had been recruiting volunteers for activities in the West Bank, including a stay of at least two weeks, training in "direct action," and a commitment to continued political activity in their home countries after returning.