A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian farmer and his wife while they were picking olives on their private land south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
The local Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank Ghassan Daghlas reported that a number of settlers attacked Tayseer Sabah 50 and his wife while they were picking olives on their land in the outskirts of the village of Urif which is just a few kilometers away from Yitzhar settlement.
The farmer suffered different injuries all over his body while his wife suffered bruises.
Following the attack violent clashes broke out between local residents and Israeli settler who were protected by Israeli soldiers.
According to Daghlas the attack came on the first day of the olive harvest season this year in the area.
Violent acts carried out by Israeli settlers often occur in the presence of Israeli forces who rarely act to protect Palestinian residents.
The majority of settlers’ attacks committed against Palestinians are met with impunity as those settlers rarely face consequences for such attacks.
