Overview
- At least three Palestinians were wounded on Saturday in Deir Nidham near Ramallah, with witnesses reporting settler assaults and an arrest by Israeli forces, according to Wafa and local activists.
- After a widely viewed video showed a masked attacker clubbing 55-year-old Afaf Abu Alia in Turmus Ayya, Israel’s West Bank police chief Moshe Pinchi instructed commanders to locate the assailant, AFP reported.
- ABC News and Reuters verified footage of the Turmus Ayya attack, and the town’s mayor said Abu Alia remains hospitalized in Ramallah following the head injury.
- Monitoring groups report a sharp seasonal surge, with at least 158 harvest-related incidents since early October and OCHA counting 27 affected villages in one recent week, alongside a UN-documented 13% rise in settler attacks in the year’s first half.
- Witnesses and rights groups say soldiers have enabled or failed to stop attacks, while the IDF says it has deployed forces to defuse confrontations; UN officials cite a pattern of impunity and call for accountability and protection of civilians.