During the ongoing olive harvest season, Israeli settlers are increasingly abducting Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, targeting farmers and rural communities in a campaign of intimidation aimed at driving residents from their land, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC).

The commission documented the abduction of seven Palestinians on Saturday in separate attacks near Bethlehem, Tulkarm, and Nablus.

The UN humanitarian agency OCHA recorded 36 attacks involving the abduction or detention of at least 50 Palestinians, including three children, between October 2023 and May 2025. The attacks involve beatings and threats, with settlers protected by Israeli occupation forces.