Masked Israeli settlers attack an NBC News team and injure a Palestinian woman while they report in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera and NBC News say the attackers are masked and carry out the assault during their on-the-ground work. The Guardian and Middle East Eye report that the team is attacked while interviewing a woman near Nablus, with members of the crew and the Palestinian woman both hurt.
Middle East Eye and The Guardian provide additional detail on the incident, describing the attack in Jalud and that the crew is interviewing a woman who says she was driven from her home. Middle East Eye says the assailants use sticks, throw rocks, and damage the crew’s equipment and vehicle; NBC News and Al Jazeera report injuries to multiple people. NBC News also notes that the United Nations and media workers report an uptick in attacks affecting foreign, Palestinian and Israeli journalists in the West Bank alongside rising settler violence. The Guardian adds that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the violence “by a handful of rioters.”
