Israeli settler actions and international incidents dominated the news on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, with reports of displacement in the West Bank, the death of a television producer in Athens, and the release of a tanker suspected of violating sanctions.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers reportedly forced 15 Palestinian families to dismantle their homes and leave the northern Jordan Valley, according to Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the al-Malih Village Council, who spoke to the Wafa news agency. This displacement followed intensifying assaults by settlers. Al Jazeera reported that these actions are part of a broader pattern of settler attacks driving Palestinian Bedouins from their homes, with new Israeli policies expanding annexation plans and deepening displacement.
Separately, in Athens, the executive producer of the hit TV spy thriller "Tehran," Dana Eden, was found dead in a hotel room, police announced. The 52-year-old Israeli was in Greece filming the fourth season of the show when she was discovered on Sunday. Israeli state broadcaster Kan reported the news, while a production company dismissed "rumours regarding a criminal or nationalistic-related death."
Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean Sea, France released an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's sanctioned "shadow fleet" after its owner paid a fine worth millions of euros. The vessel, named the Grinch, had been seized on January 22nd on suspicion of shipping oil in violation of sanctions against Russia. According to French authorities, the tanker had set sail from Murmansk in northern Russia and was flying under a false Comoros flag, Euronews reported.
In other news, a Swiss sports commentator, Stefan Reina, faced criticism for his commentary during the Israeli bobsleigh team's participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Reina, of Radio Television Suisse (RTS), called the Israeli team's pilot Adam Jeremy Edelman a "Zionist to the core" during the event at the Milano Cortina Games, as reported by Al Jazeera.
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