Cyprus Mail17 Oct 2026

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, European diplomats in West Bank, Belgium says

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, a day after settlers beat an American photojournalist.

Maxime Prevot said Belgium’s consul general to the Palestinians, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives were among those attacked. A Belgian vehicle was also damaged, he said....

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