US journalist injured during Israeli settler attack on West Bank olive harvest

Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people, including a Washington Post journalist. Some 80 settlers, some of them carrying gas canisters, descended from a hill above a terraced olive ​grove where villagers from Abu ‌Falah had gathered to pick ripe fruit, a cherished annual tradition in Palestinian life, Reuters witnesses said. Occupied West Bank: Israeli forces uproot hundreds of olive trees To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Occupied West Bank: Israeli forces uproot hundreds of olive trees (2026) © AFP / France 24 01:05 The settlers took positions in front of the ⁠terraced lanes of olive trees. Some of them used slings to launch rocks towards Palestinian villagers, who descended towards the bottom of the hill before picking up and throwing stones to defend themselves. "T...