Masked Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in the occupied West Bank

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, October 16. Several people were injured, among them a photojournalist working for the U.S. newspaper The Washington Post.

The West Bank is a territory occupied by Israel where Palestinians and Israeli settlers live. The attack took place while the Palestinians were carrying out the olive harvest.

The information available does not specify where exactly the attack happened, how many people were hurt or how serious their injuries are, and it does not say whether anyone has been detained. Further details are not yet known.