A photojournalist working in the West Bank has detailed how local Palestinians intervened to save her after she was violently attacked by Israeli settlers while covering an olive harvest, suffering serious injuries including broken bones and puncture wounds. The incident occurred as she and other journalists documented events in a Palestinian village near Ramallah, leaving her hospitalized with life-threatening wounds. In a statement, she criticized recent comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the attack, emphasizing her determination to return to work in the region despite the violence. The assault underscores ongoing tensions and risks faced by foreign reporters documenting conflicts in the area.
US photojournalist describes ‘protective shield’, vows to return to work in West Bank and criticises Netanyahu comments on incidentThe Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked and seriously injured by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Friday has described how she was saved with the help of local Palestinians.Heidi Levine sustained four fractured vertebrae, two broken ribs and four puncture wounds when she was knocked to the ground and repeatedly beaten by a crowd of masked settlers while she and other journalists were covering the olive harvest in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah. Continue reading...
