The head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Muayyad Shaaban, reported that Israeli forces and settlers have carried out 259 attacks against Palestinian olive pickers since the start of the harvest season in the first week of October up to now.

He explained that these attacks have included violent physical assaults, arbitrary arrests, movement restrictions, denial of access to farmlands, as well as intimidation and direct gunfire.

Shaaban noted that such assaults have been steadily increasing each year — from 136 incidents in the 2022 season, to 333 in 2023, 407 in 2024, and 259 so far in the current season, reflecting a continuing escalation of settler and military violence against Palestinian farmers.