Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi said Israeli settlers injured a Palestinian photojournalist and at least one foreign activist while attacking olive pickers Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, further disrupting the village’s harvest.
Wadi told WAFA and Anadolu Agency that the attack took place between Qusra and Jalud, south of Nablus. He identified the journalist as Alaa Badarneh, a photographer for the European Pressphoto Agency, and said stones thrown during the attack caused bruises. Several vehicles were damaged, he said.
Wadi told WAFA and Anadolu Agency that one foreign activist was injured. In a separate interview, he told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that two foreign activists were hurt.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams gave Badarneh field treatment for a hand injury following the assault.
Wadi said Qusra residents have harvested olives from about 33% of the trees on their land this season. He blamed repeated attacks for the limited harvest and said settlers had taken land from the village.
The incident follows an October attack that hospitalized a photographer covering olive harvesters near Ramallah.
