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Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
WaPo photographer Heidi Levine undergoes surgery after attack
European diplomats attacked amid settler raids on West Bank olive harvest
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Images show diplomat on the ground, damage to vehicle; IDF condemns 'severe' attack, says diplomatic delegation didn't coordinate Taybeh visit as police launch probe; settlers said to kill around 20 sheep in Palestinian village
Screen capture from video purporting to show blood splattered on the floor of a home in the West Bank village of Talfit after an alleged settler attack, October 13, 2026. (X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Palestinian says settlers posing as IDF beat him, wife, teen daughters in their home
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF chief warns of ‘potential for escalation’ across all fronts, decries settler violence
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
American photojournalist Heidi Levine lies on a gurney in the emergency room of the government hospital in the city of Ramallah, as she is treated after being attacked by Israeli settlers while photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting their olives in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah on October 16, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
October 16, 2026, 2:50 pm
Settlers beat Palestinians, US journalist in West Bank attacks: ‘They kept kicking me and kicking me’
Heidi Levine says she was saved by flak jacket, helmet in Abu Falah attack, as US embassy and Washington Post slam incident; olive trees and vehicles set on fire near Turmus Ayya; 70-year-old attacked near Birzeit
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: IDF soldier carries part of a memorial that was dedicated to Palestinians accused of killing Israelis or who died in clashes, during a military operation at the Jalazun camp for Palestinian refugees north of Ramallah in the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 15, 2026, 11:51 pm
IDF commandos nab alleged Palestinian arms dealer in raid on West Bank’s Jenin
Civilian lightly hurt in hit-and-run near settlement, IDF says it isn’t terror and came after settlers blocked Palestinian cars; separately, settlers said to burn a Palestinian car
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
IDF soldiers deploy during a military operation at the Jalazun camp for Palestinian refugees north of Ramallah in the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 11:43 pm
IDF, Shin Bet raid two West Bank charities they say were fronts for terror groups
Security forces say groups raise money for PFLP, provide legal aid for terrorists; settlers reportedly set fire to mosque and car in West Bank village
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kroizer attends an agriculture conference in Herzliya, September 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 4:54 pm
Otzma Yehudit MK to be questioned on suspicion of assaulting cop in West Bank riot
Lawmaker Yitzhak Kroizer claims he was the one assaulted by police during October 1 incident in Mitzpe Yeriho; Ben Gvir accuses AG of ‘selective enforcement’ in decision
By Noam Lehmann
Left: President Isaac Herzog speaks to the media during a visit to the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on October 7, 2026. Right: B'Yachad party #2 Yair Lapid speaks at the "Law and Lies" conference on October 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
October 12, 2026, 3:22 pm
Herzog: I’ll work to set up ‘stable’ government, Israel must avoid repeat elections
President warns against having to return to the polls, at a time when ‘national challenges are enormous’; Lapid vows no partnership with Netanyahu, slams ‘fake’ unity governments of the past
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog visits the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division headquarters near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, September 30, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 2:48 pm
Herzog says Israel needs bigger police force to stop violent crime, settler attacks
President says officers doing their best, but can’t match scale of the problem, lamenting that Arab Israelis ‘live in terror’ amid crime wave, violence in West Bank a ‘moral stain’
By ToI Staff
A masked soldier confronts an activist with Rabbis for Human Rights during the olive harvest season near Birzeit, close to Ramallah in the central West Bank, on October 9, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Rabbis for Human Rights)
October 9, 2026, 5:46 pm
Soldier blocks Palestinian harvest, says ‘Jews have prior right over Arabs to everything’
Masked soldier filmed telling Israeli activists orders ‘from on high’ are that only Jews are allowed in area, as settlers elsewhere said to beat, rob Palestinian father and son
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026. (Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 10:47 pm
Katz reportedly seeking to ban pro-Palestinian activists from West Bank during olive harvest
Settlement umbrella group says defense minister taking action at its request; IDF, police address illegal outpost farmers; NGO records 109 acts of violence during harvest season
By Jeremy Sharon
David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 pm
Huckabee aide tried quashing US embassy reports to protect Israeli government — NYT
Report citing over a dozen sources says David Milstein undermining diplomatic work on settlements, settler violence and Gaza’s rebuilding; Huckabee rejects allegations
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A woman from the Palestinian Bedouin Kaabneh family swings under an olive tree as Israeli settlers move outside her house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, October 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 8, 2026, 4:58 pm
West Bank olive harvest, an annual flashpoint, presses ahead amid obstacles and violence
In recent years, Palestinians have reported being prevented from harvesting their olives, which causes them severe economic harm; this year, attacks have already been reported
By Nurit Yohanan
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian security officer Ali al-Bazari at Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, after he was killed in a clash in the village of Burqa on October 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 pm
Palestinians say man killed as settlers raid West Bank village accompanied by IDF
Incident follows apparent clash at outpost; army says 44-year-old ran at troops with ‘suspicious object’; settlers torch Israeli activist’s car
By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, Jeremy Sharon, AFP and ToI Staff
Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is carried by Palestinian first responders to seek medical assistance after being beaten by several Israelis in Aqraba in the West Bank on October 6, 2026. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP)
October 6, 2026, 6:37 pm
Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home
Several wounded by gunfire during the olive harvest near village of Aqraba, as Palestinian tells ToI that settlers have been laying siege to his home since attacking it last night
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and Jeremy Sharon
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
October 6, 2026, 5:56 pm
Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
In an impassioned interview with The Times of Israel, the opposition frontrunner explains why he stayed in politics after his son was killed in Gaza, how he would safeguard Israel and return it to the community of nations, and why Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, must be sent home
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
A damaged IDF vehicle after a car driven by Palestinians accelerated and crashed into it, near the West Bank town of Bani Naim, October 5, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 5, 2026, 2:51 pm
IDF says Palestinian car rammed army vehicle in West Bank, one occupant shot dead
Army says soldiers tried to stop suspicious vehicle at earlier checkpoint, two other passengers injured; in separate incidents, two alleged arms dealers nabbed in Nablus, while settlers said to set fire to olive trees, cars near Ramallah
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers walk with a Palestinian farmer as others try to extinguish fires on their land after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at them as they harvested their olives, resulting in the dry fields catching fire, in the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of the city of Nablus, on October 3, 2026. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP)
October 3, 2026, 10:12 pm
Settler attacks reported across West Bank as Palestinians begin olive harvest
50-year-old man hospitalized after beating; footage shows vehicle being smashed in Osarin, while attacks and vandalism are reported in several other villages
By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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