The Israeli military failed to prevent armed settlers from assaulting a press photographer in the West Bank.

Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank "Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered worsening settler violence against olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their rifles, despite him being marked as press. He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers. Ashtiyeh suffered bruises to his head and torso and was taken to hospital, according to witnesses, his family and fellow journalists." #IsraelIsATerroristState https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/israeli-settlers-beat-press-photographer-as-soldiers-watch-in-west-bank #BoycottIsrael #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #PressFreedom #News #Activism #Gaza #Palestine #FraPol

"Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. The assailants stole Ashtiyeh's camera equipment, Wessels said. The violence took place despite the presence of at least a dozen fully equipped Israeli soldiers around 500 metres away, according to Wessels." https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/israeli-settlers-beat-afp-photographer-144334205.html #WestBank #Palestine #settlers #zionist #press #fuckisrael