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Settler violence in the West Bank This line follows reported settler attacks on people, homes, vehicles, crops, livestock and ambulances in the West Bank, including coercive attacks on households and army responses to those incidents. It excludes military raids, arrests and demolitions, Palestinian attacks and settlement or annexation policy; armed presence alone is outside its scope.
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Events 6 in 24 hours Friday 16 Oct 3 ATTACK Show on map Abu Falah: WAFA reports settler attack; an X account says journalist Heidi Levine was badly wounded WAFA reported a settler attack on olive pickers in eastern Abu Falah on 16 October, with olive trees set on fire and Israeli forces firing live ammunition and tear gas. It cited the Palestine Red Crescent Society on a 63-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man hospitalized after beatings; a later WAFA report described a man shot in the thigh and a foreign journalist injured in a beating. A separate X account says American Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine was badly wounded and at least one Palestinian was shot during the attack. The post does not identify whether that Palestinian is among WAFA’s reported patients. ATTACK Show on map Quds News and Shuruq report settler attack on olive harvesters near Turmus Ayya Quds News Network reported that Palestinian-owned vehicles were set on fire during an attack by Israeli settler militias against olive harvesters near Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, on the morning of 16 October. Shuruq As'ad also reported an assault on farmers and said three vehicles were burned; her post included a video. Neither post gives a casualty count, and no official statement is attached. ATTACK Show on map Burqa: WAFA reports four olive pickers injured in settler assault WAFA, citing local sources, reported that Israeli settlers beat four Palestinians harvesting olives near Burqa, east of Ramallah, on 16 October. All four were reported injured. The dispatch gives no exact incident time. Thursday 15 Oct 3 ASSESSMENT Show on map Masafer Yatta: WAFA reports settlers obstructed medical teams bound for Khirbet al-Majaz Israeli settlers intercepted vehicles carrying Palestinian Medical Relief Society teams and tried to prevent them from reaching Khirbet al-Majaz in Masafer Yatta to provide medical services on 15 October, activist Osama Makhamreh told WAFA. The report does not say whether the teams ultimately reached the community or report injuries. ATTACK Show on map IsraelRealtime, IsraelNews365 and Quds News give conflicting accounts of a vehicle incident near Ateret IsraelRealtime said the IDF dispatched troops after a reported car-ramming near Ateret and that the driver fled; IsraelNews365, citing MDA and The Times of Israel, said a 13-year-old was hit on Route 465 and taken to a Jerusalem hospital in good condition. Quds News Network says settlers were attacking Palestinian vehicles near Ateret the previous night; one settler attempted to assault a Palestinian driver, who briefly lost control and accidentally ran him over. The accounts do not resolve who was hit or the circumstances. ATTACK Show on map Yasid: WAFA reports settlers attacked farmers and prevented the olive harvest Israeli settlers, guarded by Israeli forces, attacked Palestinian farmers and prevented them from completing the olive harvest in the northwestern part of Yasid on 15 October, WAFA reported, citing local sources. The report gives no casualty figure or weapon description. Full history · 113 events