Hyderabad, Oct. 16 -- Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and journalists across several villages in the occupied West Bank on Friday, October 16, beating residents and setting cars and olive trees on fire, according to media reports. The attacks also disrupted the annual olive harvest, a vital source of income for thousands of Palestinian families.

The violence was reported in Abu Falah, Turmus Ayya, Burqa and other areas near Ramallah, where farmers had gathered to collect olives.

In Abu Falah, around 80 masked settlers dressed in black descended on an olive grove, Reuters reported. Some carried gas canisters, while others used slings to throw stones at Palestinians. A Reuters photographer witnessed at least one armed settler firin...