Israeli settlers yesterday beat an AFP photographer and fired guns in the direction of him and a colleague as they covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers.
Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, a veteran photographer for AFP in the Palestinian territory, suffered bruises to his head and torso and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Ashtiyeh and another AFP photographer, John Wessels, were near the northern village of Aqraba where they noticed an Israeli soldier detaining a man as local Palestinians picked olives. A quad bike suddenly raced towards the AFP journalists on top of the hill and a man from it opened live fire, with one Palestinian dropping to the ground.
October 07, 2026 | 09:13 AM