Eyewitness video captured a Washington Post photojournalist sitting on the floor after being attacked by Israeli settlers during the olive harvest in Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank, on Friday (October 16).

Reuters verified the location and date from original file metadata. Buildings, road layout and terrain also matched archive imagery of the area. Identity of the injured journalist confirmed as Washington Post's Heidi Levine from Reuters’ interview with Levine after the attack and archive imagery.

Some 80 settlers, some of them carrying gas canisters, descended from a hill above a terraced olive grove where villagers from Abu Falah had gathered to pick ripe fruit, a cherished annual tradition in Palestinian life, Reuters witnesses said.

Speaking from a hospital bed, Heidi Levine, said the attack ended when her Palestinian colleagues intervened, after which medics rushed her in an ambulance to a clinic in Abu Falah and then to hospital in Ramallah.

Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist.

The settlers took positions in front of the terraced lanes of olive trees. Some of them used slings to launch rocks towards Palestinian villagers, who descended towards the bottom of the hill before picking up and throwing stones to defend themselves.

The attack continued after the military's arrival, with Israeli soldiers also firing tear gas. The sound of live gunfire could be heard in the area, and a Reuters photographer saw at least one armed settler fire a gun.

In a statement, the Israeli military said soldiers and border police fired what it described as warning shots after deploying to the area and at one point fired towards a person who the troops believed had posed a threat.

The West Bank is home to some 500,000 settlers and at least 3 million Palestinians. UN bodies and most countries deem the settlements illegal under international law regarding military occupations. Israel rejects this, viewing the territory as disputed rather than occupied.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: JOURNALIST ON GROUND IN FLAK JACKET MARKED "PRESS", AFTER BEING ATTACKED / PALESTINIANS HARVESTING TREES / ISRAELI SETTLERS THROWING STONES AND HOLDING STICKS

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VERIFIED BY:

- Location and date verified from original file metadata

- Buildings, road layout and terrain matched satellite imagery of the area

- Identity of the injured journalist confirmed as Washington Post's Heidi Levine from Reuters’ interview with Levine after the attack and archive imagery

- Witnesses told Reuters around 80 settlers participated in a coordinated attack during the West Bank’s village annual olive harvest

EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE: SEE EDIT 0744-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/SETTLERS-ATTACK-JOURNALIST FOR INTERVIEW WITH HEIDI LEVINE

SHOWS: ABU FALAH, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 16, 2026) (ANDREY X - Must on-screen courtesy Andrey X)

1. POINT OF VIEW OF PERSON HOLDING CAMERA, RUNNING DOWN ROAD TOWARDS WASHINGTON POST JOURNALIST, HEIDI LEVINE / LEVINE SITTING ON FLOOR WEARING HELMET AND FLAK JACKET MARKED "PRESS" / LEVINE GETTING UP, SAYING (English): 'They took everything, they took all my stuff,' / MASKED ISRAELI SETTLERS STANDING, LEVINE AND OTHER JOURNALISTS RUNNING, SETTLERS FOLLOWING THEM / PALESTINIAN PARAMEDIC ATTENDING TO LEVINE

2. MAN HARVESTING OLIVES

3. HARVEST UNDERWAY

4. VARIOUS OF MASKED SETTLERS WITH SLINGSHOT

5. PEOPLE STANDING, SOUND OF BULLETS, SMOKE RISING

6. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RUNNING, STONES BEING THROWN

7. MASKED SETTLERS STANDING

8. MASKED SETTLERS RUNNING, ONE SETTLER THROWING STONE, JOURNALIST WEARING FLAK JACKET AND HELMET RUNNING

9. PALESTINIAN PARAMEDIC ATTENDING TO JOURNALIST

10. AMBULANCE DRIVING, MAN LYING ON ROAD SURROUNDED BY ISRAELI ARMY, ISRAEL ARMY MEMBER MOVING MAN'S LEG

11. ISRAELI ARMY MEMBER POINTING GUN AT PALESTINIAN PARAMEDICS AND SHOUTING, MAN ON FLOOR NEXT TO STRETCHER

12. MAN BEING WHEELED AWAY ON STRETCHER BY PARAMEDICS

VIDEO SHOWS: SMOKE BILLOWING AFTER MILITANT ISRAELI SETTLERS SET OLIVE TREES ON FIRE DURING OLIVE HARVEST IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/ ACTIVISTS AND PALESTINIANS RUNNING AWAY

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SHOWS: ABU FALAH, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 16, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. PALESTINIANS HURLING STONES

2. PALESTINIANS HARVESTING OLIVES / SMOKE SEEN FROM AFAR

3. ACTIVISTS AND PALESTINIANS RUNNING AWAY/ SMOKE BILLOWING

4. PALESTINIANS, ACTIVISTS AND MILITANT ISRAELI SETTLERS AT SCENE

5. PALESTINIANS AND ACTIVISTS RUNNING AWAY / SMOKE BILLOWING

6. MEDICS AT SCENE / SMOKE BILLOWING

7. SMOKE BILLOWING / PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY

8. DRIVING SHOT SHOWING SMOKE BILLOWING

9. MASKED SETTLERS AT SCENE

10. MASKED SETTLER HURLING STONE

11. FIRE RAGING AND SMOKE BILLOWING

12. MASKED SETTLERS AT SCENE / SMOKE BILLOWING

13. MEDICS AND PEOPLE AT SCENE

14. VARIOUS OF FIRE RAGING / SMOKE BILLOWING / MASKED SETTLER HURLING STONE

15. ACTIVISTS AND PALESTINIANS RUNNING AWAY / ISRAELI ARMY VEHICLES AT SCENE

16. PALESTINIANS, JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS AT SCENE

17. MASKED SETTLERS AT SCENE

18. ISRAELI ARMY VEHICLES DRIVING BY

19. SMOKE BILLOWING

20. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS AND ACTIVISTS LEAVING / AUDIO OF GUNSHOTS