Aid office counts 160 olive harvest attacks in the West Bank in a fortnight

19 October 2026

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that 160 olive harvest-related attacks in the West Bank over a two-week period caused casualties, property damage or both. Over the same fortnight five Palestinians were killed and more than 240 injured by Israeli forces or settlers, and record demolitions displaced 96 Palestinians. The key points of the briefing list 200 olive harvest-related attacks documented since early September. In Gaza, citing local health authorities, the office reported 57 Palestinians killed and 319 injured between 29 September and 12 October, taking the cumulative totals since the October 2025 ceasefire to 1,493 killed and 5,299 injured. About 950,000 displaced people live in sites at medium to high flood risk, including over 400,000 at high risk, and supplies partially assist only 18 per cent of the 294,250 families needing rainy-season shelter support. Daily cooked-meal production fell 12 per cent to about 614,000. Independent human rights experts appointed by the Human Rights Council urged Israel to guarantee farmers protection and safe access to their land.