Overview
- Footage shows a masked man clubbing 55-year-old Afaf Abu Alia as she harvested olives on Sunday, knocking her unconscious and striking her again, according to the journalist who filmed it.
- Palestinian health officials said Abu Alia was hospitalized with serious head injuries, and local doctors later reported her condition had stabilized.
- Israel’s military and police said forces dispersed the disturbance and opened an investigation, a claim disputed by the eyewitness who says no authorities were present during the attack.
- Videos obtained by the Associated Press show masked men beating harvesters, pursuing vehicles, and torching cars during the same incident in Turmus Ayya.
- UN agencies report a surge in harvest-linked violence this month, with OCHA documenting dozens of attacks and the UN rights office warning of escalating assaults that harm people, crops, and property.