Washington Post journalist hospitalized after Israeli settler attack in West Bank |
Washington Post journalist hospitalized after Israeli settler attack in West Bank
The assault was one of several attacks on Friday as Palestinians gathered to harvest olives across the West Bank.
Rosaleen Carroll
Oct 16, 2026
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American freelance photojournalist Heidi Levine lies on a gurney in the emergency room of the government hospital in the Israeli-occupied city of Ramallah, receiving treatment after being attacked by Israeli settlers while photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the village of Abu Falah, Oct. 16, 2026. — AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Image
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An American photojournalist for The Washington Post was hospitalized in Ramallah on Friday after Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers gathering for the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.
Heidi Levine, a photographer for the newspaper, was wearing a protective vest marked “PRESS” on the front and back when masked settlers knocked her to the ground and repeatedly kicked her. Levine, 64, said the group that attacked her and the olive harvesters consisted of at least 50 masked........