Several Palestinian farmers and international activists were attacked with toxic gas by Israeli forces and settlers while picking olives in Beit Lid, east of Tulkarem, occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports citing the Wafa news agency.

The director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Murad Shteiwi, told Wafa that Israeli forces and settlers fired live bullets and toxic gas bombs towards those picking olives.

Shteiwi added that dozens suffered from suffocation due to the toxic gas.

He said the international volunteers refused to leave the area to support the farmers and continued picking olives despite Israeli threats.