Settlers escalate in the West Bank, and the occupation admits that the attacks are out of control.

Today, three Palestinian farmers were injured by settlers' gunfire while they were harvesting olives in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. An Israeli security source reported that settler attacks in the West Bank have spiraled out of control.

A reporter stated that settlers set fire to a vehicle and an agricultural room in the town of Far'ata, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank. Settlers released their livestock onto Palestinian lands and among the olive trees in the area of Barriya Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron, and Khirbat Sha'ab al-Batam in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in simultaneous assaults targeting the olive harvest season.

Settlers also attacked Palestinians and foreign activists in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank. Several Palestinians were injured during the assault by settlers on Palestinian farmers while they were harvesting olives on lands between the village of Burin and the town of Hawara, south of Nablus.

In the same context, Yedioth Ahronoth reported an Israeli security source stating that settler attacks in the West Bank have spiraled out of control.

For its part, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated that settler assaults during the annual olive harvest season continue across the West Bank.

The agency noted that last month was the most violent for settlers in the West Bank in 12 years. It explained that settler assaults during the olive harvest threaten the way of life for many Palestinians in the West Bank.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed the intention of the occupation authorities to study the construction of about 2006 new settlement units in the West Bank during two working sessions on the upcoming Monday and Wednesday for the Higher Planning Council for settlement construction.

According to the commission, the construction includes large settlement neighborhoods on an area of 1072 dunams of Palestinian land in settlements in the northern, central, and southern West Bank.

In a parallel context, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission announced that Palestinians faced about 259 assaults during the olive harvest season at the hands of the army and settlers.

A report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that the current olive harvest season in the West Bank has witnessed the highest level of settler attacks in five years.

The report documented 126 assaults carried out by settler gangs on more than 70 Palestinian villages and towns, including acts of vandalism against more than 4,000 olive trees and seedlings.

These assaults fall within a broad Israeli escalation wave in the West Bank by the army and settlers during the years of genocide in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 1063 Palestinians and the injury of about 10,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,000 individuals, including 1600 children.

Since October 2023, the Israeli genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 68,858 Palestinian martyrs and 170,664 injured, most of whom are children and women.

Despite the ceasefire coming into effect on October 10, according to the plan of U.S. President Donald Trump, Israel has violated it multiple times, killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinians.