Israeli settlers kill Palestinian man during olive harvest attack in West Bank
A 44-year-old Palestinian man was killed and sixteen others were wounded when Israeli settlers attacked olive harvesters near Burqa in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday. According to Palestinian authorities, Israeli forces were present during the assault, and emergency crews faced obstruction whilst attempting to treat the wounded.
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A Palestinian man was killed and sixteen other people were wounded on Wednesday during an attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives in the northern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the dead man as Ali Hassan Yasser al-Bazzari, 44, from the village of Burqa, which is northwest of Nablus. He was killed on farmland near the village during the attack.
Several of the wounded, including a woman, were taken to hospitals in Tulkarem and Nablus. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated five people in the area. Two of them suffered gunshot wounds whilst the remaining three were beaten. The organisation reported that Israeli forces assaulted ambulance crews who were attempting to reach the wounded and briefly detained three paramedics and a volunteer.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the assault as a war crime and called on the international community to provide protection for Palestinians. According to Al Jazeera, this violence occurred during a broader escalation of settler attacks throughout this year's olive harvest season. Local residents reported that it has become dangerous simply to travel to harvest olive groves.
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