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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)
Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and Jeremy Sharon
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
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)
Interview
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Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
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)
Inside story
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West Bank olive harvest, an annual flashpoint, presses ahead amid obstacles and violence
By Nurit Yohanan
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
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
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
Baha al-Natshah, a resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab, who was killed in the West Bank on October 2, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
19-year-old Palestinian shot dead amid bloody day of West Bank clashes
Armed Israeli reportedly opened fire on teen near village of Kobar; settlers separately filmed attacking Palestinians, Israeli activists during start of olive harvest
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and AFP
Screen capture from video of masked people throwing stones in the West Bank village of Yasuf, October 1, 2026. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2026, 11:05 pm
Palestinian reportedly shot dead by settlers in West Bank amid olive harvest clashes
Violence hits village of Yasuf; police open probe after Palestinians stone Israeli hikers; PA later says settlers killed resident; elsewhere, settlers attack Israeli rights activists, 5 injured
By Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and AFP
President Isaac Herzog on a visit to the IDF Judea and Samaria Division headquarters in the West Bank, on September 30, 2026. (Shalev Shalom)
September 30, 2026, 9:07 pm
Herzog says Israeli politicians have not done all they can to halt settler violence
During visit to IDF West Bank headquarters, president insists attacks on West Bank Palestinians ‘can be stopped’ if officials employ all legal tools at their disposal
By Lazar Berman
Israeli settlers and security forces are seen near a fire-damaged home in Jalud, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on September 29, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 5:01 pm
PM blames ‘small number’ of West Bank rioters as mass settler attack draws wide condemnation
Some right-wing politicians echo Netanyahu’s rare rebuke of settler violence, after over 100 extremists attack Jalud; top settlement leader calls for police crackdown on attacks
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Jalud that were reportedly torched by settlers on September 29, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 29, 2026, 10:53 am
Over 100 settlers attack West Bank village, block Palestinian family’s return home
IDF accused of failing to coordinate with police, after rioters burn homes and cars, attack security forces in Jalud; Haredi men assault Arabs outside Jerusalem’s Old City
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivers a speech on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on September 28, 2026. (Oli SCARFF/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 6:07 pm
UK’s FM Miliband boasts that sanctions on settlers have spurred global action
Foreign secretary tells delighted Labour party confab that government approach to Israel has ‘mobilized international community,’ calls Gaza a ‘stain on conscience of the world’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
View of the new Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Arugot in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, September 3, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 25, 2026, 9:53 pm
UN blacklists 61 more firms operating in West Bank settlements
Israeli pesticide maker ADAMA, real estate investment holding company Alony Hetz and Spain’s Salvat Logistica among companies added to database that could be used for boycotts
By Reuters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a Starlink device during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. (Screenshot/United Nations via YouTube)
September 24, 2026, 11:53 pm
In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu blasts Iran, Qatar, Turkey, slams Gaza genocide accusation
PM calls genocide allegation ‘lie of the century,’ defends IDF’s morality, underplays settler violence; many envoys walk out before he starts; he doesn’t mention Saudis or Abraham Accords
By Lazar Berman
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 24, 2026, 2:06 pm
Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack
Envoy to US says son’s life ‘still in danger’; says Palestinian violence seeks to ‘uproot the Jews from this land,’ calls Israeli attacks on Palestinians ‘exceptions’
By ToI Staff
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