Israel Police Arrest Ten in Response to Settler Attacks on US Journalist and European Diplomats

10/19/2026

Prosecutions of Israeli settlers are rare

10/19/2026

TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli police ⁠said ⁠on Monday they had ⁠arrested eight suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the West Bank over the weekend, including...

10/19/2026

ABU SNIN, Israel (AP) — Israeli police said they arrested 10 people on Monday in connection with a wave of settler violence that included attacks on a foreign journalist and European diplomats in...

10/19/2026

The arrests followed clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians that included the beating of a Washington Post photographer and an alleged assault on European diplomats, Israeli authorities...

10/19/2026

Israeli police say they arrested 10 people over alleged Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and a U.S. journalist as more attacks on Palestinians are reported.

10/19/2026

Ten suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an ​American ⁠photojournalist and European ⁠diplomats, Israeli police have said.

10/19/2026

The suspects were held under an operation named ‘Olive Leaf’ after settlers attacked Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats in separate incidents

10/19/2026

The police said that they raided several locations across the West Bank and also seized cars and potential evidence related to the attacks.

10/19/2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has downplayed accounts of recent extremist attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank amid the annual olive harvest.

10/18/2026

US calls for tougher action after settlers attacked Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank

10/19/2026

Israeli police arrested 10 suspects after a series of violent incidents involving Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. The U.S. urged a crackdown on settler violence after attacks on a...

10/19/2026

Israeli police said they arrested 10 people on Monday in connection with a wave of settler violence that included attacks on a foreign journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank...

10/19/2026

Israel has faced pressure, including from the United States, to investigate the attacks. Rights groups say most inquiries into extremist assaults on Palestinians go nowhere.

10/19/2026

Attacks also target Palestinian homes near Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, with electricity cut to 2 houses, official media reports

10/18/2026

France, Belgium and Poland have condemned the assault and demanded that Israel hold those responsible accountable Masked Israeli settlers have attacked a convoy carrying European diplomats in the...

10/18/2026

Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank and beat up a visiting French mayor, witnesses said, a day after an American photographer was similarly set upon

10/18/2026

Extremists assaulted residents and broke a European diplomatic vehicle’s window, witnesses said, as settler violence surges in the territory during the olive harvest.

10/18/2026

Footage circulating online appears to show several diplomats being attacked in the vicinity of the village of Taybeh, Israeli police said.

10/18/2026

Taking note of the recent attacks, the Israeli foreign ministry condemned the attack, and Israeli police promised to open an investigation.

10/18/2026

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats.

10/17/2026

A pattern of escalating violence in the occupied territory is straining Israel’s relations with the West.

10/17/2026

Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium's foreign minister said, on a second straight day of high-profile assaults on...

10/17/2026

Israeli settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank and beat up a visiting French mayor on Saturday, witnesses said, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against a...

10/17/2026

Two alleged attacks by settlers within two days have sparked outrage among some Israelis, who decried a pattern of escalating violence and lawlessness in the West Bank.