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Harvest-season settler attacks already exceed the totals for 2024 and 2025, UN says
The attacks killed one Palestinian, injured 200 and damaged more than 3,200 olive trees and saplings. The UN human rights office called it an ominous start to the season.
OCHA documented 272 olive-harvest-related settler attacks between 1 September and 19 October, more than in the whole 2024 (224) or 2025 (185) seasons.
OCHA's 22 October report recorded 83 settler attacks across 48 communities in the week of 13 to 19 October alone.
In the same week, 148 Palestinians were injured, 92 of them by Israeli forces and 56 by settlers, including six children.
The UN human rights office urged states and donors on 21 October to go beyond condemnation, calling for more diplomatic presence in high-risk communities.
UN figures show 286,000 olive trees were damaged in the West Bank between 2023 and the end of September 2026, including 100,000 this year before the harvest began.
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Areas where Palestinians need prior coordination with Israeli authorities to reach their land expanded to about 88,300 dunums this year, nearly 30% more than in 2025.
Source: OCHA
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This is yet another tool of displacement and dispossessionAjith Sunghay, head of the UN human rights office in the occupied Palestinian territory · UN News
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