UN flags record settler violence during West Bank harvest
Near Abu Falah, settlers set fire to trees and cars; a local official said 12 Palestinians were hurt, including four dual US citizens, and a photographer was hospitalised.
Settlers attacked olive harvesters near Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank, torching trees and cars.
A local official said 12 Palestinians were injured, including four dual Palestinian-American citizens.
Photographer Heidi Levine was hospitalised after saying she was jumped and kicked.
The UN says settler attacks in the past two weeks already exceed last year’s full harvest season.
The US State Department condemned criminal violence and called for arrests and convictions.