# Guardian reporter filmed masked militants seconds before West Bank attack on French mayor

https://mins.news/en/item/105388

- The Guardian, 2026-10-18 18:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/guardian-reporter-filmed-masked-militants-seconds-before-west-bank-attack-on-french-mayor

> The Guardian says it witnessed and filmed Israeli settlers attacking a delegation of European diplomats, French clerics and visiting mayor Bernard Baudoux in Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. Afterward, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office questioned the delegation’s account, saying the images did not establish the full sequence or individual responsibility.

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