Israeli settlers attack French mayor and diplomats in West Bank

Assault on visiting officials

Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, was wearing his official sash when he was kicked and beaten with iron bars. Witnesses reported that masked militants shouted insults about France before throwing the mayor to the ground. The group also threatened the archbishop of Cambrai and damaged a vehicle belonging to the Belgian mission.

harvest violence context

Harvest site confrontation

The attackers joined Palestinian olive farmers on land near Taybeh before turning their aggression toward the diplomatic convoy. Reports indicate that settlers stole olives and injured a Palestinian woman in her seventies during the same incident. A man working nearby suffered a head injury requiring six stitches after being assaulted by the group.