🔴 Israeli settlers beat French mayor, attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank
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Israeli settlers have attacked a convoy carrying a European delegation in the occupied West Bank and beat up a French mayor, witnesses said Saturday.
By: FRANCE 24 A file image of a Palestinian man in an olive tree field during the harvest season, near the controversial Israeli separation wall, in the village of Beit Awwa, west of Hebron City in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 15, 2026. © Hazem Bader, AFP Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a convoy of European diplomats as they toured the occupied West Bank , beating up a visiting French mayor, a witness and two diplomats told AFP.
Footage shared by a diplomat appeared to show Bernard Baudoux, 78, the leftist mayor of the northern town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, slumped on the ground against a car. Two diplomats and a resident confirmed his identity, with one diplomat saying his condition did not appear life-threatening.
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The Israeli Defense Forces "strongly condemned" the attack on X, adding that its soldiers have started to collect evidence for an investigation.
The statement also said that "according to preliminary inquiry, no IDF soldiers were present at the scene at the time of the attack."
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