GAZA – The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Saturday
that a Palestinian was fatally shot by an Israeli settler while he was
harvesting olives in the vicinity of Nablus in the West Bank. In a press
release, the Ministry stated, "citizen Bilal Mohammad Saleh, aged 40, was
shot in the chest by a settler in the town of Sawiya, within the Nablus
district."
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Video footage depicted a group of settlers
approaching the olive pickers, with the sound of gunshots followed by a man
lying on the ground, covered in blood. Witnesses at the scene transported the
injured man on a makeshift stretcher from the field to a private car, rushing
him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead due to the severity of
his injuries, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
Riyad al-Maliki, the Palestinian minister of
foreign affairs and expatriates, decried the situation, stating, "the
terrorism of the settlers continues, and their immediate objective now is to
terrorize our citizens and prevent them from accessing their fields and
harvesting olives."
He emphasized in a statement, "the
settlers have been armed and trained by the occupying state to kill
Palestinians and shield themselves from the occupying army, aided by laws
formulated by the perpetrators themselves. It constitutes a comprehensive
terrorist system."
As of now, the Israeli military has not
issued a statement regarding the Palestinian's killing.
Launched attacks on olive harvesters in
various parts of the West Bank
On Saturday, settlers launched attacks on
olive harvesters in various parts of the West Bank, a recurring scene during
each olive season. However, this period, in particular, has witnessed a series
of violent assaults against Palestinians, including direct gunfire. These
incidents take advantage of the heightened global attention on the Israeli
aggression against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, which has been
ongoing for 22 days.
In Salfit, dozens of settlers from the
"Rehavam" settlement attacked olive pickers in Deir Istiya and Hares,
forcing them to leave their lands at gunpoint, all under the protection of
Israeli soldiers.
In Hebron, armed settlers assaulted olive
pickers in the Sha'b al-Butm area in the southern town of Masafer Yatta during
the olive harvest on their land.
Settlers also seized the sheep of Palestinian
citizens in the Dura area in the eastern Badia, east of Yatta, preventing the
shepherds from reclaiming them.
In Nablus, a group of settlers from the
"Yitzhar" settlement attacked farmers during the olive harvest in the
southern part of the town of Qusra, all under the protection of the Israeli
army. They assaulted a Palestinian citizen with physical violence and threw
stones at him, eventually transferring him to a medical center in the town.
Settlers uprooted ten mature olive trees
Moreover, dozens of settlers uprooted ten
mature olive trees, accompanied by the Israeli army, despite the fact that the
area where the farmers were picking olives falls under Area B classification
and does not require coordination.
The death toll in the West Bank has now risen
to 111 casualties, with 1,950 individuals wounded since the beginning of this
month.
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