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Qusrah, Nablus District: Settlers invade Palestinian private lands, soldiers fire tear gas and throw stun grenades at residents trying to repel them, burning down a wheat field

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Qusrah, Nablus District: Settlers invade Palestinian private lands, soldiers fire tear gas and throw stun grenades at residents trying to repel them, burning down a wheat field

Mu’tasem ‘Odeh’s burnt wheat field. Photo courtesy of ‘Odeh
Mu’tasem ‘Odeh’s burnt wheat field. Photo courtesy of ‘Odeh

On Saturday, 15 June 2024, at around noon, settlers arrived with a military escort at the eastern side of the village of Qusrah and invaded lands owned by village residents. When residents arrived to repel the settlers, the soldiers fired tear gas canisters and threw stun grenades at them, starting a fire that burned down a wheat field belonging to Mu’tasem ‘Odeh (46).

Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.