A delegation of European diplomats was attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank village of Taybeh, a largely Christian community near Ramallah. The envoys, from Belgium, France, Poland and the Catholic Church, had travelled there to assess conditions after almost daily settler attacks on Palestinians trying to bring in their olive harvest. Video footage showed masked settlers confronting the convoy, and reports suggested stones were thrown. Belgian authorities said a car from their consulate had a window smashed and that a French mayor was assaulted. Netanyahu's office named the injured official as Bernard Baudoux, the left-wing mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France, who told AFP that settlers had kicked him, beaten him with iron bars and thrown him to the ground, and that the attack showed the Israeli government's tolerance of settler violence. Belgium's foreign minister, Maxime Prevot, condemned the assault on his country's consul general and the other envoys, said Israel as the occupying power must bring those responsible to justice, and pledged that Belgium would keep pressing for EU sanctions against violent settlers and their backers. The Israel Defense Forces condemned what they called a severe act of violence by Israeli rioters, said they were investigating, and reported that a preliminary inquiry found no soldiers at the scene. Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, also condemned the violence but said it was unfortunate the visit had not been coordinated with the IDF in advance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office struck a different note, urging caution and saying social media images did not establish the full sequence of events. It said police and forensic investigators had opened an inquiry, but suggested the reports formed part of a coordinated campaign to smear Israel during the olive harvest. The attack came a day after settlers injured several Palestinians and Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in a separate assault in another West Bank village.