Published On 18/10/2025
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Last update: 11:23 (Mecca time)
The Israeli occupation forces fired fire and tear gas bombs at Palestinian farmers as they were heading to pick olives in the town of Kober, north of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. They prevented them from entering their lands and threatened them not to return to them.
The forces also targeted journalists and citizens while covering the olive harvest event, leading to suffocation cases and a state of tension in the area.
The people of the town of Kober had announced that they would go this Saturday morning to their agricultural lands located near the settlement outpost established on the outskirts of the town to pick olives, which are lands that the settlers prevent them from reaching, amid expectations of attacks by settlers and occupation soldiers during the harvesting process.
The occupation army suppresses an olive harvesting event and prevents people from reaching their lands in the town of Kobar, north of Ramallah. pic.twitter.com/bABIUaTJw3
– Quds News Network (@qudsn) October 18, 2025
Incursions and raids
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation forces stormed this Saturday morning the town of Al-Rihiyah, south of the city of Hebron, and carried out raids and searches of a number of homes, including a field investigation with a number of citizens, according to what local sources reported to Al Jazeera.
The sources reported that the forces stormed the house of the child martyr, Muhammad Bahjat Al-Hallaq, who was martyred two days ago by the bullets of occupation soldiers in the town, and searched his house before confiscating the recordings of surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the place.
The sources added that the occupation forces removed the flags and pictures from the martyr’s funeral home, while they continued to spread within the town and its surroundings, amid a state of tension among the people.
The Israeli occupation forces launched a massive campaign of raids and incursions into various areas in the West Bank last night and early today, during which they arrested at least 10 Palestinians.
Palestinian sources reported that the occupation forces stormed Al-Arroub camp and Al-Burj village north of Hebron, as well as the city of Nablus and the Balata and Old Askar camps east of the city.
The raids extended to the town of Beita, south of the city, amid intense military deployment. The occupation forces also stormed the town of Beit Qad, east of Jenin, the town of Anata, and the Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem. These raids were accompanied by confrontations with the residents.