US journalist injured during Israeli settler attack on West Bank olive harvest
Dozens of masked settlers set groves ablaze and beat a Washington Post photographer as violence surged during the olive harvest, witnesses said.
- On Friday, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah during an annual olive harvest, beating her and stealing her equipment.
- Clad in black and masked, some 80 settlers descended from a hilltop to burn olive trees and throw rocks at Palestinian villagers, injuring at least two people including Levine, Reuters witnesses reported.
- Wearing a vest clearly marked "PRESS," Levine said she was "brutally attacked" and kicked repeatedly before colleagues and medical staff evacuated her from the scene, hospitalizing her in stable condition.
- Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray condemned the "unwarranted attack" and demanded a thorough investigation, while the Israel Defense Forces stated they would examine all incident details and work to eradicate such violence.
- According to Yesh Din, an Israeli settlements monitoring group, the violence marks escalation with at least 170 attacks reported since September 27 at the start of the annual olive harvest in the West Bank.
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Abu Falah., American photojournalist from The Washington Post, Heidi Levine, was brutally beaten and wounded yesterday by Israeli settlers, while covering their attacks on Palestinian farmers during the traditional annual olive harvest in Abu Falah, in the reoccupied West Bank, in an attempt to end the identity and main source of livelihood of thousands of families.
The American daily Washington Post repudiated the Israeli government's evasive attacks on Friday by its photojournalist Heidi Levine at the hands of a group of settlers in the West Bank.
"Washington Post" photojournalist Heidi Levine claims that she was assaulted for ten minutes and that the assailants stole her cameras, passport, phone and wallet.
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