Ramallah, Oct. 18 (Petra) – Israeli occupation forces and settlers on
Sunday escalated attacks against Palestinians across the occupied
West Bank, destroying olive trees, expelling farmers, issuing
demolition notices, and launching violent crackdowns inside Israeli
prisons.

In Kisan, a village south of Bethlehem, settlers chopped down 120
olive trees on a 10-dunam farm owned by local resident Ali Abu Daya.
The village routinely faces settler violence seeking to drive farmers
off their land.

Jaba’, a village near Jenin, Israeli soldiers expelled Palestinian
farmers near the former Sanur military post, fired tear gas, and
arrested a young man. Jaba Mayor Mohammad Badad warned that driving
farmers off their land aids settler efforts to build an outpost,
jeopardizing the local economy and olive harvest.

Nearby, Al-Bidar Human Rights Organization reported that Israeli
troops served several demolition notices along the eastern bypass
road near Jenin.

Concurrently, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported severe
crackdowns against Palestinian detainees in Israeli facilities since
the third anniversary of October 7. Testimonies collected from prison
visits reveal systematic abuse, rubber bullet use, tear gas,
starvation, medical neglect, and severe physical and psychological
humiliation.

At Damon Prison, female detainees endured three raids in a single
day, involving flashbangs, tear gas, pepper spray, forced binding,
and filming while restrained, resulting in injuries, suffocation, and
the solitary confinement of 15 women.

Similar violent raids involving rubber bullets and hospitalizations
were reported at facilities including Ofer, Negev, and Megiddo
prisons.

//Petra// HA