Israeli settlers and troops target olive harvesters, wedding convoy in West Bank attacks

Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting olive harvesters, a family and a wedding procession, while Israeli troops raided a town near Hebron, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. In the village of Burham, north of Ramallah, armed Israeli settlers opened fire on farmers harvesting their olives, which took place under the protection of Israeli forces, locals said. The settlers also stole and damaged farming equipment. East of Ramallah, a group of settlers attacked Palestinian man Nayef al-Kaabneh and his two children in their car near the town of al-Taybeh, shortly after they left the al-Kaabneh Bedouin community. The settlers beat them and doused them with pepper spray, and all three were taken for treatment. Southeast of Bethlehem, Israeli settlers blocked vehicles in a wedding procession in the Abu Njeim area and harassed those taking part, a local source told Wafa. Separately, Israeli troops stormed the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, firing tear gas at passersby. Several Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation, local sources said. Palestinian farmers try to put out a fire sparked by Israeli tear gas during the olive harvest south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on 3 October 2026 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)