Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank

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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh while he and a colleague covered violence against olive farmers in the West Bank. Witnesses and fellow journalists said settlers also fired guns in their direction; Ashtiyeh was taken to hospital with bruises.

Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer and fired guns in the direction of him and a colleague as they covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, a veteran photographer for the international news agency in the Palestinian territory, suffered bruises to his head and torso and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, according to witnesses, his family and fellow journalists.