Conflict & Security
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
October 6, 2026 at 09:35 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 16 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
في ذكرى 7 أكتوبر.. اقتحامات واعتقالات وهدم منازل وتصعيد للمستوطنين بالضفة
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TGThe Guardian
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
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يواليوم السابع
نقابة الصحفيين الفلسطينية تستنكر تصاعد اعتداءات الاحتلال ومستوطنيه على الصحفيين
(opens the publisher’s site)Armed settlers beat veteran AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh with rifle butts near Aqraba, hospitalizing him, while Israeli soldiers stood by.
- Armed Israeli settlers beat Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old AFP photographer, with rifle butts near Aqraba, hospitalizing him, in view of about a dozen soldiers.
- A man on a quad bike fired at the photographers, wounding one Palestinian in the foot, and the assailants seized Ashtiyeh's camera equipment.
- AFP global news director Phil Chetwynd condemned the attack and demanded a full investigation, saying journalists were beaten before soldiers who did not intervene.
- The Palestinian journalists' union said Israeli forces detained journalists Muhammad Atiq and Muhammad Abed near Jenin during olive-tree coverage.