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US ambassador to Israel condemns settler attack on US journalist, and other Mideast news

Headline from WFMZ Allentown, on the newest of 3 developments

The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemns a settler attack that left an American journalist badly beaten in the West Bank. The attack happened Friday during an olive harvest. The journalist, Heidi Levine, was seriously injured and remains hospitalized. Israeli police…

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  1. Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villagers, journalist

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  2. Report: Israeli settlers attack EU diplomats in West Bank

    Headline from The Columbian ·

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    US ambassador to Israel condemns settler attack on US journalist, and other Mideast news

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Israeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    By Pesha Magid ABU FALAH, West Bank, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a …

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in towns across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest on Friday and set fire to cars and trees.

  3. Crux

    Israeli settlers attack olive harvest of Christian villagers in the West Bank (opens Crux)

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    Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been attacking Palestinians in multiple villages, including the Christian town of Taybeh.

  4. CBS News

    American journalist injured in West Bank clashes (opens CBS News)

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    Among the injured was Heidi Levine, a veteran American photojournalist.

  5. WTOP Washington DC

    Photos show Israeli settler attacks disrupting the West Bank olive harvest (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    ABU FALAH, West Bank (AP) — ABU FALAH, West Bank (AP)

  6. Committee to Protect Journalists

    American photojournalist Heidi Levine attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank (opens Committee to Protect Journalists)

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    Committee to Protect Journalists's feed description

    Beirut, October 16, 2026 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Friday Israeli settler attack on American journalist Heidi Levine, which wounded her while she was covering the olive harvest in Abu Fallah, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Israeli settlers continue progrom amid olive harvest in occupied West Bank (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    At least two people, including Washington Post journalist, injured as settlers armed with clubs and guns attack.

  8. KVIA El Paso

    Washington Post journalist hospitalized after Israeli settler attack on Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Washington Post photojournalist was hospitalized after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attacked her and a group of Palestinians during the annual olive harvest.

  9. Al Jazeera

    Palestinians, US journalist attacked in West Bank pogrom: What we know (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.

  10. Al-Monitor

    Washington Post journalist hospitalized after Israeli settler attack in West Bank (opens Al-Monitor)

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    The assault was one of several attacks on Friday as Palestinians gathered to harvest olives across the West Bank.

  11. The Guardian

    Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank (opens The Guardian)

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    Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvest Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in a coordinated movement to disrupt the annual olive harvest, burning cars and trees and injuring Palestinian…

  12. The New Republic

    Israeli Settlers Rob and Beat American Washington Post Journalist (opens The New Republic)

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    Dozens of Israeli settlers beat and robbed veteran Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine Friday during an attack on an olive tree grove in the West Bank. The Israelis, masked and dressed all in black, beat the Palestinian villagers harvesting olives while chasing out a group of journalists there…

  13. BBC News

    Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack (opens BBC News)

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    The BBC sees masked settlers attack Palestinians trying to harvest olives, amid a surge in similar incidents.

  14. France 24

    US journalist injured during Israeli settler attack on West Bank olive harvest (opens France 24)

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    About 80 Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and threw stones at Palestinians in a West Bank village Friday, injuring at least two people, including a US photojournalist with The Washington Post. The coordinated attack came as violence by settlers is on the rise during the olive harvest in the …

  15. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Israeli settlers torch cars and trees in West Bank villages, disrupting Palestinians' olive harvest (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages across the West Bank

  16. NPR

    Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks (opens NPR)

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    Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post .

  17. ABC 7 New York

    Police open investigation into attack on Washington Post journalist in the West Bank (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Heidi Levine, a photojournalist working for the Washington Post, was attacked in the West Bank on Friday while covering the annual olive harvest.

  18. Anchorage Daily News

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

  19. MS Now

    American photojournalist attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank (opens MS Now)

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    Masked Israeli settlers set groves of olive trees on fire, attacked Palestinian villagers and beat a Washington Post journalist in the latest instance of rising settler violence.

  20. The Hill

    Washington Post says photographer attacked by Israeli settlers (opens The Hill)

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    The Washington Post's executive editor said Friday that Israeli settlers attacked one of its photojournalists, who was working on assignment in the West Bank. “She was wearing visible markings clearly identifying her as a journalist.” Matt Murray wrote in a statement shared to social platform X.

  21. Newsweek

    Heidi Levine Hospitalized: List of US Journalists Attacked in West Bank (opens Newsweek)

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    The attack on Heidi Levine is the latest reported instance of a U.S. journalist facing violence, allegedly by Israel settlers.

  22. UPI

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters, photojournalist (opens UPI)

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    Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian olive pickers Friday in the West Bank, injuring a Washington Post photojournalist in the process.

  23. Deutsche Welle

    West Bank: US journalist injured by Israeli settlers (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine said she was beaten by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Reporters Without Borders slammed the attack as "brazen violence."

  24. Financial Times

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinians carrying out olive harvest in West Bank (opens Financial Times)

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    Washington Post journalist among those injured during violence in the Palestinian territory

  25. NOTUS

    Israeli Settlers Beat a Washington Post Photographer in a West Bank Attack (opens NOTUS)

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    The perpetrators “were kicking me for like 10 minutes and I was trying to hold onto my cameras and my bag,” photographer Heidi Levine said.

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