Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments
At least two people, including Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, were injured as settlers burned olive trees and cars and fired live rounds, Reuters said.
- On Friday, October 16, 2026, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the West Bank, setting fires and beating residents and a foreign journalist during the annual olive harvest this month.
- The Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry reported at least four Palestinians killed and more than 100 injured since harvest season began earlier this month, stating "Nothing has been left intact."
- Across six locations, the Palestine Red Crescent Society treated 14 wounded people, while masked vigilantes beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine for "like 10 minutes" during the violence.
- Activist Jonathan Pollak claimed Israeli soldiers "stood literally shoulder-to-shoulder with settlers" during the attack in Abu Falah, though the military stated soldiers fired because an individual charged them with a sharp object.
- Settler violence has spiked ahead of Israel's October 27 election, with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl saying soldiers are "sometimes assisting settlers" in the attacks against Palestinians.
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Israeli settlers torch cars, trees in 8 West Bank villages, beat journalist
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages and disrupted the annual olive harvest across the occupied West Bank. The violence has intensified scrutiny of Israeli authorities over allegations that forces failed to protect residents.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, torch cars and trees during olive harvest
Residents and human rights organisations say Israeli authorities have done little to stop settler attacks. They allege that soldiers have sometimes helped settlers, protected them or stood by while Palestinian villages came under assault. The violence has prompted accusations of “ethnic cleansing”, including from the British government, which accused Israel of turning a “blind eye” to the campaign.
Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank came under attack Friday by about a dozen black-clad Israeli setsters who cam down from a near settlement towards groves outside the village of Abu Falah, reports the Washington Post. Also caught up in the skirmish was Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was...
A dozen Israeli settlers set fire to an olive grove on Friday in the occupied West Bank. An American photojournalist on site was beaten while covering the olive harvest by Palestinian farmers.
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