The colonizers continue their assaults on citizens in the northern governorate.

Today, Saturday, settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, continued their assaults on citizens and their properties in the northern governorates.

In Nablus Governorate, settlers attacked citizens while they were harvesting olives in the village of Burin, south of the governorate.

Local sources reported that a guard from the "Yitzhar" settlement, accompanied by a number of settlers, attacked citizens while they were picking olives from the lands located between the village of Burin and the town of Hawara, physically assaulting several of them and forcing them to leave, as well as scattering the olives they had collected.

Settlers, protected by the occupation army, also attacked farmers and foreign activists during an olive-picking event on Mount Qamas east of the town of Beita, south of Nablus, setting fire to several olive trees and stealing some bags of olives.

Later, settlers stormed the villages of Burin and Yatma, south of Nablus, and conducted a provocative tour of the surrounding lands.

Settlers also attacked citizens' vehicles on the road near the "Yitzhar" settlement established on citizens' lands south of Nablus, throwing stones at them, which led to the shattering of several vehicles and a severe traffic jam, as well as attacking citizens' homes in the neighboring village of Madama.

In Hebron Governorate, armed settlers physically assaulted farmers and shepherds in the village of Al-Fakheit in Masafer Yatta, south of the governorate, while occupation soldiers arrested young Yasser Abu Sabha after he confronted the settlers.

In Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, settlers attacked the family of farmer Hussein Ghafri in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, while they were harvesting olives, forcing them to leave their land at gunpoint before seizing olive-picking equipment.

In Tubas and the northern Jordan Valley, armed settlers stormed the Khirbet Makhloul area in the northern Jordan Valley and roamed among the citizens' tents, causing fear among children and women.

In Jerusalem Governorate, settlers attacked the "Ma'azi" Bedouin community east of the town of Jab'a, east of the governorate, throwing stones at citizens' homes and burning rubber tires, under the protection of occupation forces, with no injuries reported.

Two settlers also attacked traders and shops in the Old City, while occupation forces arrested four citizens from the Abu Sabih family after forcibly closing their shops on Al-Wad Street.

In a related context, settlers attacked citizens' lands and properties in the town of Um Tuba, south of occupied Jerusalem.

In Qalqilya Governorate, settlers, under the protection of occupation forces, burned two vehicles in the village of Far'ata, east of the governorate, belonging to citizens Bahjat and Ra'fat Salman, and also smashed the vehicle of citizen Muhannad Salman.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation army and settlers carried out a total of 259 assaults against olive pickers since the start of the season in the first week of October until the 28th of the same month.

The commission indicated in a press statement issued last Tuesday that its teams monitored 41 cases of assault by the occupation army and 218 cases by settlers, noting that these assaults ranged from violent physical attacks, arrest campaigns, movement restrictions, access denial, intimidation in all its forms, and direct gunfire as occurred in Tubas Governorate.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also reported that this year's olive season in the West Bank witnessed the highest level of settler attacks in five years.