Unprecedented terrorism.. Settlers attacked 23 journalists in the West Bank in 2025.

The Committee to Protect Journalists documented 11 incidents of assault against 23 Palestinian and international journalists by Israeli settlers in the West Bank this year, compared to one assault in 2024.

It noted that journalists are facing unprecedented levels of terror, with an increase in settler violence against Palestinians.

The United Nations recorded more than 260 settler attacks last October, coinciding with the annual olive harvest season, the highest number of attacks since the UN began documenting in 2006.

Sarah Al-Qudat, the regional director of the committee, stated that extremist settlers in the West Bank are waging one of the most aggressive campaigns of intimidation and land seizure since Israel occupied the territories in 1967.

She confirmed that the attacks target not only Palestinians but all journalists covering the escalating violence of the settlers.

According to research conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 17 journalists were wearing vests marked "Press."

On November 8, settlers, some masked and armed with sticks and sharp tools, attacked a group of journalists covering news about Palestinian farmers and international volunteers harvesting olives in the village of Beta in northern West Bank, resulting in injuries to at least 5 journalists.

Al Jazeera reporter Mohammad Al-Atrash told the committee that the settlers descended and attacked everyone in sight, prompting him to flee into a valley to escape the hail of stones, resulting in a broken leg and the destruction of his camera.

His photographer, Louay Al-Saeed, was also injured, while Reuters correspondent Raneen Swafta was brutally beaten on the head and chest.

Al-Atrash confirmed, "We were wearing press vests and helmets; without them, our injuries would have been much worse," describing the attack as organized and tactical, with settlers moving in groups like militias, amidst Israeli soldiers who did not intervene to stop the violence.

Nasser Ishtiyeh, who works for SOPA Images, stated that settlers hit him with sticks and stones on his shoulders, neck, and arm, causing nerve damage on the right side of his neck and body.

Nail Bouytel from Xinhua News Agency was also chased and stoned, forcing him to undergo surgery on his right leg due to a fracture.

On October 19, American journalist Jasper Nathaniel was stoned, and settlers smashed the window of his car while he was covering an attack on Palestinian farmers in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah.

He told the Committee to Protect Journalists that the attackers ignored his cries of "Press, American, Press."

On October 10, 4 Palestinian journalists were injured: Jaafar Ishtiyeh from AFP, Wahaj Bani Mflah from Quds News Network in Ramallah, Saja Al-Alami from Al-Ghad TV in Cairo, and Yazan Hamayel from Al-Fajr Palestinian TV while covering a settler attack on farmers in the village of Beta in southern Nablus Governorate.

Ishtiyeh was beaten and hospitalized, and settlers burned his car, while the others were injured from inhaling tear gas and sound bombs.