Today, Saturday, the Israeli forces prevented Palestinian farmers from picking olives in the town of Nahalin and the village of Kisan in the Bethlehem Governorate.

The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority in Bethlehem, Hassan Barijiyah, said that the occupation forces stormed the “Al-Matarsiyeh” area, north of Nahalin, amidst gunfire, forced farmers to evacuate their lands and warned them against returning again to the area.

Brijiyeh added that citizens in the village of Kisan, east, prevented citizens from the Abu Dayyah, Al-Dauri, and Awadallah families from picking olives on their lands located west of the main street, and close to the “Ibi Hanahal” settlement, which is perched on citizens’ lands.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces prevented farmers in the village of Al-Sawiya, south of Nablus, from harvesting olives, and forced them to leave their lands.

The head of the Al-Sawiya village council, Mahmoud Hassan, said that the occupation forces forced farmers in the eastern region of the village to leave their lands, and prevented them from harvesting olives.

He explained that the occupation forces fired tear gas bombs at the farmers.

Settlers attacked olive pickers in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, under the protection of the occupation forces, and stole olives, picking machines, mattresses, and their personal phones.