The 'Amirah family live in the village of Ni'lin in Ramallah District. They own several hundred dunams [1 dunam = 1,000 square meters] of olive groves, which lie on the other side of the Separation Barrier built near their village. Since the barrier was built, the military has permitted the family to visit their land only twice a year, for a several days at a time.
This harvest season, the military allotted the family 10 workdays on their land. On the morning of 13 October 2020, several family members went with about 20 villagers to pick their olives. At around midday, they noticed several settlers there and Khalil' Amirah (73) asked them to leave. After a short argument, the settlers left. Soldiers who were present did not intervene.
In the late afternoon, one of the soldiers ordered the family to wrap up work for the day. The soldiers left the area and the family began gathering their things and the olives they had managed to pick. Then, several masked settlers arrived and started chasing them and throwing stones at them. Khalil' Amirah was hit in the head by a stone and later taken to hospital, where the doctors found he had a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage.
On 19 November 2020, the Central District Attorney's Office filed an indictment against three settlers for the assault.