Qusra, West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and an NBC News crew in the West Bank town of Jalud on Saturday while the team was interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah, who said settlers had driven her family from their home. Video shows a car with Israeli plates reversing toward the group before at least four masked men jumped out and beat the woman and journalists with sticks and thrown rocks, injuring Abdullah along with NBC correspondent Matt Bradley and three other crew members, though Israeli authorities said her injuries were not life-threatening. The attack came amid a broader wave of settler violence in the area, including a days-long siege of the nearby village of Qusra and settlers pepper-spraying Palestinian workers there the same day. Israeli security forces said they intervened to separate the groups and confiscated vehicles linked to the rioters, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence as the work of “a handful of rioters,” though his government has faced accusations of turning a blind eye to settler attacks, which according to U.N. data killed 76 Palestinians between January and July compared to three Israelis killed over the same period. The West Bank, home to about 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers since Israel captured it in 1967, has also seen a reported rise in attacks on journalists amid the escalating violence.
Source: Aaron Parnas, Substack
Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank
The woman and crew were treated for injuries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed “by a handful of rioters.”
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