意大利外交部表示，本周在约旦河西岸被以色列军队拘留的五名意大利活动人士已于周六上午获释并回国。
Five Italian activists who were detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank this week were released and repatriated on Saturday morning, Italy's foreign ministry said.
这些女性周四在基里亚特阿巴与其他国际活动人士一同被以色列警方拘留，当时她们正试图在以色列占领的这片土地上保护采收橄榄的巴勒斯坦农民。
The women were detained on Thursday by Israeli police in Kiryat Arba along with other international activists, while seeking to protect Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest in the Israel-occupied territory.
意大利驻特拉维夫大使馆的官员于周五晚间在机场探望了她们，并表示这些活动人士身体状况良好。
Officials from the Italian embassy in Tel Aviv visited them at the airport on Friday evening and said the activists appeared to be in good physical condition.
据巴勒斯坦人、活动人士和联合国称，数十年来，定居者一直在恐吓在以色列占领的约旦河西岸采收橄榄的巴勒斯坦人，但今年的暴力事件急剧增加。
Settlers have intimidated Palestinians harvesting their olives in the occupied West Bank for decades, but violence has increased sharply this year, according to Palestinians, activists and the UN.
以色列人权组织“耶什丁”表示，该组织记录了330多起与今年橄榄采收相关的定居者暴力事件，包括袭击、盗窃和毁坏树木。今年的采收于9月下旬开始。以色列安全部门表示，他们非常严肃地对待暴力行为和犯罪活动。
Israeli rights group Yesh Din said it had recorded more than 330 incidents of settler violence linked to this year's olive harvest, which started in late September, including attacks, theft and damage to trees. Israeli security services have said they take acts of violence and criminal activity very seriously.
据巴勒斯坦权力机构农业部称，橄榄是巴勒斯坦农业的支柱，该行业约占国内生产总值的8%，提供超过6万个就业岗位。
Olives are the backbone of Palestinian agriculture, a sector that accounts for around 8% of GDP and more than 60,000 jobs, according to the Palestinian Authority's agriculture ministry.