Palestinians, US journalist attacked in West Bank pogrom: What we know

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.

Heidi Levine, a photojournalist with The Washington Post, speaks to journalists at the hospital after sustaining multiple injuries during an attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 16, 2026. [Reuters/ Ali Sawafta]

Israeli settlers brutally attacked Palestinian olive pickers and a photojournalist working for The Washington Post in the occupied West Bank on Friday, beating villagers and setting olive groves ablaze.

The attack was among several targeting Palestinians trying to gather their olive harvest, with further assaults and arson reported in nearby communities as well.

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These incidents are just the latest in weeks of intensifying pogroms on local communities in the West Bank by Israelis from illegal settlements who are largely protected – or at least unrestricted – by Israeli forces.

Veteran journalist Heidi Levine, 64, was taken to hospital after the assault on Friday in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah. A Palestinian man was also shot in the thigh by Israeli soldiers, according to a witness who spoke to Al Jazeera and the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Here is what we know.

What happened during the attack?

Dozens of masked settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives, throwing stones, using slingshots and setting trees on fire.

Levine, an American freelance photojournalist who works for The Washington Post, fell to the ground during the attack before she was set upon, witnesses said. “We looked and saw that there was a journalist … on the ground with people surrounding her, beating her, clubbing her, robbing her, pulling her up, beating her again and kicking her,” Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who witnessed the attack, told Al Jazeera.

Levine later told reporters that her attackers “just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times”.

Levine was wearing a protective vest marked “PRESS” on the front and back. Her cameras and phone were taken from her during the assault, the Washington Post reported.

Nathaniel said he and others managed to reach her when the settlers briefly backed away, but she struggled to stand. “She was in very, very bad shape. She couldn’t really get up off the ground,” he said.

As they helped her towards paramedics, settlers charged again, throwing more stones, he added. Levine was eventually taken to hospital in Ramallah.

Nathaniel said Israeli soldiers arrived after the settler assault and opened fire and used tear gas against Palestinians, shooting a man in the leg. “They do nothing to stop the settlers, and they speed into town and start firing their guns and tear-gassing, and they shoot a Palestinian man in the leg,” he said.

“They’re pointing their guns at the paramedics who are helping him, shoving journalists, including myself,” Nathaniel said, adding that the man was eventually taken away in an ambulance.

“We are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities,” Matt Murray, executive editor of The Washington Post, said in a statement.

Wafa also reported that Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at Palestinians during the attack. After the soldiers left, Palestinians returned to harvesting their olives, Nathaniel added.

Where else have olive pickers been attacked?

There was violence in other parts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, as well. In Burqa, east of Ramallah, four Palestinians were reported to have been injured in a settler attack on olive pickers. In nearby Turmus Aya, settlers assaulted farmers and burned vehicles and olive trees. A civil defence volunteer was also injured, according to Wafa.

The attacks follow the killing of Ali Hassan Yasser al-Bazzari, 44, during an assault on Palestinians gathering olives near Burqa, northwest of Nablus, on October 7. Witnesses reported that settlers and Israeli soldiers attacked the harvesters.

Journalists documenting the violence have also been targeted. On October 6, armed settlers beat Palestinian AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, with rifle butts near Aqraba, south of Nablus. He was taken to hospital with injuries to his head and torso, according to witnesses, relatives and colleagues.

Firefighters douse a burned car with water after Israelis from illegal settlements attacked a group of Palestinians harvesting olives near Turmus Aya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on October 16, 2026 [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]

How widespread are attacks?

The Israeli settler pogroms have been going on for many weeks, and have stepped up as the seasonal Palestinian olive harvest gets under way.

The Israeli rights group Yesh Din has recorded at least 170 pogroms since September 27, around the start of the annual olive harvest, Reuters reported.

The violence threatens Palestinian livelihoods and access to their land. Farmers endure assaults, the destruction of trees and the theft of crops, while settlers have also begun stealing olives from Palestinian-owned groves themselves.

Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum reported that the intimidation extends beyond agricultural land to Palestinian homes and vehicles, creating pressure on communities to leave.

“People there are still living under threat of attack, not just on their agricultural lands, but also on their properties,” he said.

“Vehicles and houses have been repeatedly hit by settler attacks, which have been used by the Israeli military, apparently, to create a deterrent environment with Palestinians expected to leave these areas so they can later turn them into Israeli settlements.”

以色列定居者袭击了正在采摘橄榄的巴勒斯坦人，并严重殴打了《华盛顿邮报》摄影记者海蒂·莱文。

2026年10月16日，在以色列占领的约旦河西岸拉马拉，以色列定居者袭击正在采摘橄榄的巴勒斯坦人，造成多人受伤。图为《华盛顿邮报》摄影记者海蒂·莱文在医院接受记者采访。[路透社/阿里·萨瓦夫塔]

周五，以色列定居者在被占领的约旦河西岸残酷袭击了巴勒斯坦橄榄采摘者和一名为《华盛顿邮报》工作的摄影记者，殴打村民并放火焚烧橄榄树林。

此次袭击是针对试图收割橄榄的巴勒斯坦人的多起袭击事件之一，附近社区也报告了进一步的袭击和纵火事件。

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这些事件只是以色列人在几周内不断加剧的对西岸当地社区的种族清洗的最新案例。这些种族清洗是由居住在非法定居点的以色列人发起的，而这些定居点在很大程度上受到以色列军队的保护，或者至少不受限制。

资深记者海蒂·莱文（Heidi Levine）现年64岁，周五在拉马拉东北部的阿布法拉赫遭到袭击后被送往医院。据半岛电视台和巴勒斯坦通讯社瓦法社报道，一名目击者称，一名巴勒斯坦男子也被以色列士兵击中大腿。

以下是我们目前所了解的情况。

袭击过程中发生了什么？

数十名蒙面定居者袭击了正在采摘橄榄的巴勒斯坦农民，他们投掷石块、使用弹弓并放火焚烧树木。

据目击者称，为《华盛顿邮报》工作的美国自由摄影记者莱文在袭击中倒地，随后遭到围攻。目击袭击的独立记者贾斯珀·纳撒尼尔告诉半岛电视台：“我们看到一名记者……倒在地上，周围有人围着她，殴打她、用棍棒击打她、抢劫她，把她拉起来，再次殴打她，并踢她。”

莱文后来告诉记者，袭击者“不停地踢我，踢了我大概 50 次”。

据《华盛顿邮报》报道，莱文当时身穿一件前后都印有“PRESS”（媒体）字样的防护背心。袭击过程中，她的相机和手机都被抢走了。

纳撒尼尔说，他和同伴趁着定居者们短暂后退的时候设法靠近了她，但她站起来很吃力。“她当时情况非常非常糟糕，根本站不起来，”他说。

他说，当他们搀扶她走向医护人员时，定居者再次发起冲锋，投掷更多石块。莱文最终被送往拉马拉的医院。

纳撒尼尔说，定居者袭击发生后，以色列士兵赶到现场，向巴勒斯坦人开枪并使用催泪瓦斯，击中了一名巴勒斯坦男子的腿部。“他们没有阻止定居者，反而加速冲进城里，开始开枪和发射催泪瓦斯，还击中了一名巴勒斯坦男子的腿部，”他说。

“他们用枪指着正在帮助他的医护人员，推搡记者，包括我，”纳撒尼尔说，并补充说，这名男子最终被救护车送走了。

《华盛顿邮报》执行主编马特·默里在一份声明中表示：“我们对这起针对履行职责的记者的无端攻击感到愤慨，并敦促当局进行彻底调查和后续行动。”

瓦法通讯社还报道称，以色列军队在袭击中向巴勒斯坦人发射了实弹和催泪瓦斯。纳撒尼尔补充说，士兵离开后，巴勒斯坦人继续采摘橄榄。

还有哪些地方发生过橄榄采摘者遇袭事件？

周五，被占领的西岸其他地区也发生了暴力事件。据报道，在拉马拉以东的布尔卡，定居者袭击橄榄采摘者，造成四名巴勒斯坦人受伤。在附近的图尔穆斯阿亚，定居者袭击了农民，并焚烧了车辆和橄榄树。据瓦法通讯社报道，一名民防志愿者也受了伤。

此次袭击事件发生在 10 月 7 日，当时 44 岁的阿里·哈桑·亚西尔·巴扎里在纳布卢斯西北部的布尔卡附近，在巴勒斯坦人采摘橄榄时遭到袭击身亡。目击者称，定居者和以色列士兵袭击了采摘者。

记录暴力事件的记者也成为袭击目标。10月6日，在纳布卢斯以南的阿克拉巴附近，58岁的巴勒斯坦法新社摄影师贾法尔·阿什蒂耶遭到武装定居者的枪托殴打。据目击者、亲属和同事称，他头部和躯干受伤，已被送往医院。

2026年10月16日，在以色列占领的约旦河西岸图尔穆斯阿亚附近，一群巴勒斯坦人在采摘橄榄时遭到非法定居点以色列人的袭击。消防员用水扑灭了一辆被烧毁的汽车。[图片：Ammar Awad/路透社]

袭击事件的蔓延范围有多广？

以色列定居者遭屠杀的事件已经持续数周，并且随着巴勒斯坦橄榄季节性收获季的开始而愈演愈烈。

据路透社报道，以色列人权组织 Yesh Din 自 9 月 27 日（一年一度的橄榄收获季开始之际）以来，已记录到至少 170 起针对以色列人的种族清洗事件。

暴力威胁着巴勒斯坦人的生计和土地使用权。农民遭受袭击、树木被毁和庄稼被盗，而定居者也开始从巴勒斯坦人拥有的橄榄园里偷窃橄榄。

半岛电视台记者塔里克·阿布·阿祖姆报道称，恐吓行为不仅限于农田，还蔓延到巴勒斯坦人的房屋和车辆，给社区造成了离开的压力。

他说：“那里的人们仍然生活在袭击的威胁之下，不仅是他们的农田，还有他们的财产。”

“车辆和房屋屡遭定居者袭击，以色列军方显然利用这些袭击来制造威慑环境，希望巴勒斯坦人离开这些地区，以便日后将这些地区变成以色列定居点。”