Escalation: Settlers Assault NBC News Crew in West Bank

An NBC News crew was interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah in the Palestinian village of Jalud near Nablus when a gray car with Israeli plates reversed up the hill toward them. A masked man with a stick leaned from the rear window, and when the car stopped at least four masked men in dark clothes jumped out, hitting Abdullah and the journalists with sticks and throwing rocks. They then got back in the car and left.

Abdullah, 51, was taken by the Red Crescent for treatment. Her injuries were not life-threatening, and her condition improved though she remained in the hospital that night. Three members of the NBC team were injured, including correspondent Matt Bradley, who was hit in the arm and treated at a clinic, and producer Lawahez Jabari and cameraman Khaldoon Eid. The attackers damaged camera equipment and one of the crew’s vehicles, and a gun was seen but not used.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the assaults in Jalud and nearby Qusra and asked security forces to apprehend those responsible. Security forces removed Israeli rioters who had barricaded themselves inside a Palestinian home and confiscated vehicles suspected of being used to reach the area. The same day, masked settlers in Qusra pepper-sprayed Palestinian workers and threw rocks at a building.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources