"UNRWA said on Saturday that October is on track to be the most violent month since UNRWA began tracking settler violence in 2013. The annual olive harvest is the primary livelihood for tens of thousands of Palestinians, with olive trees deeply rooted in Palestinian heritage and identity, Roland Friedrich, director of UNRWA affairs in the West Bank, said in a statement shared on social media."
"Israeli settlers have carried out more attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, as the United Nations warned that this year's olive harvest is on track to be the most violent in more than a decade. The Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported several incidents of settler violence on Saturday, including in fields close to the towns of Beita and Huwara, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and in Sinjil, a town near Ramallah."
"Attacks on the olive harvest threaten the very way of life for many Palestinians and further deepen the coercive environment in the occupied West Bank, Friedrich said. Families should be allowed unhindered access to their lands to harvest their olives in safe conditions. According to the latest UN figures, released on Thursday, at least 126 Israeli settler attacks have been recorded in 70 Palestinian towns and villages so far this olive harvest season."
Israeli settlers have intensified attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, with incidents reported near Beita, Huwara, Sinjil and al-Maniya. Three Palestinian farmers were wounded in al-Maniya after settlers opened fire while they were harvesting olives. Palestinians have experienced a surge in settler and military attacks since Israel launched its Gaza war in 2023, and this olive harvest season has seen an even greater rise in violent incidents. October is on track to be the most violent month since tracking began in 2013. The annual olive harvest is the primary livelihood for tens of thousands and is deeply rooted in Palestinian heritage. Attacks on the harvest threaten livelihoods, deepen a coercive environment, obstruct safe access to farmland, and have resulted in at least 126 recorded settler attacks in 70 towns and over 4,000 vandalised olive trees so far this season.
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