Palestinian Officer Killed During West Bank Olive Harvest Attack, AP Reports

Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians harvesting olives near Burqa in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, killing 44-year-old Ali Hassan Yasser al-Bazzari and wounding 16 others, Palestinian officials told The Associated Press. Al-Bazzari, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, had gone to the area after reports of the attack. A Burqa village council member told AP that Israeli forces prevented emergency responders from reaching the wounded for more than an hour. The Israeli military said troops were sent to the area after a report that rocks had been thrown at an Israeli civilian, who was injured; it said several Palestinians were detained for questioning. The military and police did not say whether the person who fired the fatal shot had been arrested. Palestinian officials said five people had been killed and more than 100 injured in similar attacks this week as the olive harvest began. These casualty figures and the accounts of the incident are attributed to the Palestinian authorities in AP’s report. Source: [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/4c2cf27f819b6e36940f88a7af49ea78)