Settlers Attack Journalists in West Bank, IDF Removes Press Not Settlers
At least five people were injured and two AFP cars were damaged as settlers threw stones at reporters and activists, medics said.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Israeli settlers attacked AFP journalists and activists in the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem, leaving at least five people injured from stones, clubs, and pepper spray.
- The three-person AFP team had traveled to Jannatah to document solidarity efforts at the unauthorized Kochav Yehuda farming outpost, which settlers recently returned to after authorities evacuated the site two days ago.
- Settlers threw stones and used clubs and pepper spray against the group; attackers also smashed windows and punctured tires on two AFP vehicles during the altercation.
- Israeli soldiers arrived and declared the area a "closed military zone," ordering journalists to leave while failing to remove the settlers who instigated the confrontation. No arrests were reported by Tuesday afternoon.
- This incident follows a 63 percent jump in West Bank settler violence during the first half of 2026, as security data indicates 80 percent of incidents recorded by troops involve attacks on Palestinians.
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www.ertnews.grThree reporters from Agence France Presse were caught on Tuesday, 25 August, as they were covering clashes near Bethlehem, in a territory where Palestinian populations face daily harassment of Israeli settlers.
Three French journalists and a group of activists were attacked by Israeli settlers on Tuesday while they were working in the occupied West Bank.
An attack by Israeli settlers on AFP journalists covering the West Bank left at least five injured.
The three-member AFP team stayed in the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem and wanted to report about clashes when a settler group attacked them, threw stones and damaged their cars.
Israeli settlers attacked an AFP journalist team in the West Bank and destroyed its vehicles. The incident happened near Bethlehem in reports of settlers' violence.
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