Heidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attack
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Key context: <p>US photojournalist describes ‘protective shield’, vows to return to work in West Bank and criticises Netanyahu comments on incident</p><p>The Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked and seriously injured by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine">Israeli settlers on the West Bank on Friday</a> has described how she was saved with the help of local Palestinians.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/heidi-levine-palestinians-israeli-settler-attack-west-bank">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
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 on 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...
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