Today, Wednesday, settlers cut down approximately 100 olive trees from citizens’ lands in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit.

The head of the village council in Yasuf, Wael Abu Madi, told the official news agency, WAFA, that a group of settlers broke about 100 olive trees, ranging in age from 70 to 80 years, and some of them were olive trees that were about 10 years old, in the Al-Mashrafah area north of the village, and they are owned by citizens Mahmoud Raja Abdel Fattah, Tariq Mutab Abdel Fattah, and Anwar Zahri Ayoub.

It is noteworthy that the village of Yasouf has been exposed during the recent period, especially during the olive harvest season, to daily violations, including the theft of olives and harvesting equipment, and attempts to assault and beat farmers.

This year, the olive harvest season in the West Bank is witnessing repeated attacks by settlers and occupation forces, which have reached the point of killing, burning and cutting down olive trees, stealing the crop, and preventing farmers from reaching their lands.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation forces and settlers have carried out (407) attacks since the beginning of the olive season. The commission monitored 120 attacks by the occupation army, 242 attacks by settlers, and 45 attacks by both sides. It indicated that these attacks ranged from violent physical assault, which led to the martyrdom of a citizen at the hands of settlers in the village of Sebastia in the Nablus Governorate, and a citizen by army bullets in the town of Faqqu’a in the Jenin Governorate, in addition to arrest campaigns, restricting movement, preventing access, and intimidation and terror in all its forms.

The attacks were concentrated in Nablus Governorate with 160 attacks, followed by Salfit Governorate with 58, then Hebron Governorate with 54. In addition, 44 cases of restricting movement and preventing farmers from reaching their lands were recorded, in addition to 100 cases of intimidation to force farmers to leave and prevent them from picking olives, in addition to 40 cases of beating and assault against them.