Armed Israeli settlers beat Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer for Agence France-Presse, with rifle butts near the village of Aqraba in the occupied West Bank, despite his car and clothing being marked as press; he was hospitalised in Nablus with head and torso bruises, and his camera equipment was taken. About a dozen Israeli soldiers were reportedly around 500 metres away and did not intervene, while a Palestinian olive harvester was also shot in the foot. AFP and the Foreign Press Association (which represents international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories) demanded an investigation, as settler attacks on olive farmers and journalists intensify ahead of Israeli elections; the Israeli military has been asked for comment.