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- 1Olive Branch police join school events and Special Olympics Games▼Olive Branch police attend school events, including “Donuts with Grownups” and Special Olympics Games
Olive Branch police officers in Mississippi took part in school community events, including a "Donuts with Grownups" gathering and the Special Olympics Games, as part of outreach with local students and families. The department's presence at the DeSoto County school activities is being highlighted as an example of community policing and positive engagement between officers and young people.
- 2Palestinian elder mourns settlers harvesting West Bank olive trees●Palestinian elder Mahfouza Shtayyeh sorrowfully reacts to circulating footage of Israeli settlers harvesting olive trees
Mahfouza Shtayyeh, a Palestinian elder, reacted with grief to footage showing Israeli settlers harvesting olives from Palestinian groves in the occupied West Bank, allegedly using sticks to beat branches from the trees. The images circulated widely online amid the annual olive harvest season, when Palestinian farmers already face restricted access to their land and repeated settler violence, prompting renewed anger and solidarity from observers.