Several Palestinians were injured on Monday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired tear gas bombs and stun grenades at Palestinian citizens southeast of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Local sources reported that a number of Palestinian young men suffered breathing problems after clashes erupted between IOF soldiers and Palestinian youths at the northern entrance of Taquu town southeast of Bethlehem.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers blocked the iron gate established at the northern entrance of Taquu town in addition to setting up a military checkpoint at the western entrance of the town which restricted the movement of Palestinian citizens.
Meanwhile Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs kidnapped two Palestinian ex-prisoners from Al-Lubban al-Gharbiya village west of the West Bank city of Ramallah while they were heading to their work in a nearby village.
Moreover IOF soldiers blocked the entrance of Nabi Saleh village northwest of Ramallah while Israeli military vehicles razed Palestinian-owned lands adjacent to the military tower established at the entrance of the village.
In a related incident Israeli soldiers sealed off three gates installed along the separation wall denying Palestinian farmers from Salfit access to their olive groves isolated by the wall.
IOF soldiers in the morning hours forced Palestinian farmers from al-Zawiya town in the Salfit governorate to leave their lands in the western area of the town according to local sources.
Palestinian farmers reported that they were shocked when Israeli soldiers stormed their lands and forced them to leave despite the fact that they were granted permits to enter.
They added that more than 30 farmers including women and elderlies were isolated behind the wall for more than 5 hours while being exposed to the sun.
The wall effectively isolates 2400 dunums of fertile Palestinian-owned lands planted with olive trees restricting the access of Palestinian farmers to their lands.
The Israeli soldiers procrastinate on opening the gates and impose restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in addition to restricting entry for limited hours.
In another incident a foreign activist was injured in the hand after a group of Jewish settlers hurled stones at foreign activists and Palestinian shepherds in Al-Auja town north of Jericho.
Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers have been escalating their attacks against Palestinian farmers across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of the olive harvest season stealing the harvest and preventing the farmers from watering their trees or picking their olives.
