French mayor says settlers attacked his olive‑harvesting delegation in West Bank

Bernard Baudoux, the mayor of Aulnoye‑Aymeries in northern France, reported that a group of masked Israeli settlers assaulted his party while they were gathering olives near the town of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. Baudoux said he was physically struck during the incident. Following the attack, his delegation submitted a formal protest to the Israeli authorities. The episode was reported on 18 October 2026.