阿克拉巴，巴勒斯坦领土 - 10月6日，以色列定居者殴打了一名法新社摄影记者，并向他和同事开枪，这两名记者当时正在报道定居者对西岸橄榄农民的持续暴力行为。
AQRABA, Palestinian Territories - Israeli settlers on Oct 6 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.
据目击者、家属和同行记者介绍，58岁的贾法尔·阿什蒂耶（Jaafar Ashtiyeh），该国际新闻机构在巴勒斯坦领土的资深摄影记者，头部和躯干多处青肿，被送往医院治疗。
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.
阿什蒂耶和另一名法新社摄影记者约翰·韦塞斯（John Wessels）靠近位于北部的阿克拉巴村附近，当时他们看到一名以色列士兵拘留一名男子，而当地的巴勒斯坦人正在摘橄榄。
Ashtiyeh and another AFP photographer, John Wessels, were near the northern village of Aqraba where they noticed an Israeli soldier detaining a man as local Palestinians picked olives.
一辆四轮摩托车突然冲向登高的山顶上的法新记者，车上的一名男子开枪射击，击中一名巴勒斯坦人倒地。据巴勒斯坦红新月会介绍，该男子也被送往医院，脚部中枪。
A quad bike suddenly raced towards the AFP journalists on top of the hill and a man from it opened live fire, with one Palestinian dropping to the ground. He was also hospitalised, with a gunshot to the foot, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
随后至少6人冲向法新记者，手持枪械。当阿什蒂耶试图上车时，两名男子跳上他身，用枪连续殴打。
At least six other people then rushed towards the AFP journalists firing guns. As Ashtiyeh attempted to enter a car, two men jumped on him and beat him repeatedly with guns.
“我能听到他的 screams，”韦塞斯说，他也曾被枪指向。
“I could hear his screams,” said Wessels, who was also threatened at gunpoint.
阿什蒂耶的儿子贾法尔·赛因（Zain Jaafar）表示，阿什蒂耶是巴勒斯坦人，目前意识清醒，正在纳布卢斯的一家医院接受24小时监护，并将进行X光检查。韦塞斯说，袭击者还拿走了他的摄像设备。
Ashtiyeh, who is Palestinian, is conscious and under 24-hour supervision at a hospital in Nablus, where he will undergo X-rays, said his son, Zain Jaafar. The assailants also took his camera equipment, Wessels said.
据韦塞斯介绍，尽管距离约500米外有至少一打全副武装的以色列士兵，但暴力行为仍然发生了。
The violence took place despite the presence of at least a dozen fully equipped Israeli soldiers around 500m away, according to Wessels.
韦塞斯说，最初开枪的男子身穿长白衬衫，还配有军用迷彩裤和军靴，这些通常是士兵所穿的装束。法新社已就此事联系以色列军方寻求回应。
The man who initially fired the gun was wearing a long white shirt as well as military fatigue trousers and boots, which are commonly worn by soldiers, Wessels said. AFP has reached out to the Israeli military for comment.
“我们强烈谴责试图报道约旦河西岸事件的记者再次遭受严重袭击，并要求进行全面调查。记者在以色列安全部队面前遭到武装定居者的殴打和抢劫，这是不可接受的，而以色列安全部队没有试图干预，”法新社全球新闻总监菲尔·切特温德说。
“We strongly condemn yet another serious attack on journalists trying to report on events in the West Bank and demand a full investigation. It is unacceptable that journalists can be beaten and robbed by armed settlers in front of Israeli security forces who made no attempt to intervene,” said Phil Chetwynd, AFP’s global news director.
近几个月来，约旦河西岸的暴力事件爆发，以色列定居者几乎每天都会对巴勒斯坦人进行袭击、盗窃或破坏。
Violence has flared in recent months in the West Bank with near-daily attacks, thefts or vandalism by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.
还发生了针对以色列人的袭击事件，一名巴勒斯坦人在9月份枪杀了一名定居者。
There have also been attacks against Israelis, with a Palestinian shooting dead a settler in September.
以色列极端主义定居者一直在夺取巴勒斯坦人拥有的橄榄林，他们将这些树视为文化象征。
Extremist Israeli settlers have been seizing olive groves owned by Palestinians, who see the trees as a cultural symbol.
约有50万以色列定居者居住在以色列于1967年占领的约旦河西岸，其中有300万巴勒斯坦人。根据国际法，被占领土上的定居点是非法的。
Some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel captured in 1967, among three million Palestinians. Settlements in occupied territory are illegal under international law.
媒体权利组织表示，以色列定居者越来越多地针对记者，当局对报道设置了越来越多的障碍。
Media rights groups say that Israeli settlers have increasingly targeted journalists and that authorities have imposed growing impediments to coverage.
据总部位于巴黎的无国界记者组织称，自2023年10月7日加沙哈马斯袭击以色列以来的三年里，以色列当局在约旦河西岸拘留了19名记者，其中包括一名法新社撰稿人。
Israeli authorities have detained 19 journalists in the West Bank, including one AFP contributor, in the three years since the Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas, according to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.