A timeline of West Bank attacks on Palestinians and foreign officials

On October 17, 2026, Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats near Taybeh as they visited Palestinian olive harvesters. Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives were targeted; French mayor Bernard Baudoux was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. The European Union condemned the attacks amid a recent surge in settler violence across the occupied West Bank during olive harvest season, weeks before Israel’s October 27 election. A veteran American journalist working for The Washington Post was also brutally attacked the previous day.