"The masked Israeli settlers attack American crew in the West Bank. The attack on NBC News journalists occurs at a time erstwhile the UN notes unprecedented levels of force by settlers on Palestinian territory."

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Updated 31 Aug, 2026 15:10

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Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured NBC News tv crew and a local female in the West Bank," reported this American broadcaster. Journalists accompanied a Palestinian household on their way home, which, as members claimed, had to leave due to force by settlers.

Since the outbreak of the Gaza War in October 2023, the number of attacks by Israeli settlers in Palestinian territories has increased dramatically and the UN has noted cases of force on an unprecedented scale.

The last incidental occurred on Saturday in the village of Jalud close Nablus, where NBC correspondent Matt Bradley and co-workers spoke to 51-year-old Aida Ahmed Abdullah.

The video shows a vehicle with Israeli licence plates that approached the group; then at least 3 masked men got out of the car and attacked people there with sticks and stones.



“They jumped, beat us up, and then jumped back into the car,” Bradley said. He was hit twice in the shoulder and clothed in the clinic; another members of the squad besides suffered injuries, and the equipment and vehicle were damaged. Abdullah was transported to a medical facility for assistance.


The abroad Press Association (FPA) expressed on Sunday "deep concern"stressing that the assault was not ‘a isolated incident’, but an element "repeated pattern of force against media representatives and Palestinian civilians".

The organization called upon Israeli police and Central Command of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to analyse and hold the perpetrators accountable.

No arrests were reported until Sunday.


The UN reported in June that more than 1,000 attacks have been reported this year resulting in human casualties or property destruction, which gives an average of six incidents a day – this is the highest rate since the start of statistics.


In the close village of Kusra, dozens of Israelis entered the Palestinian village on Saturday and attacked the home where the residents were staying.

The Israeli forces intervened, but no arrests were made, although any suspects were reported to have been identified.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the force by blaming them "A fistful of troublemakers".


Palestinians with U.S. citizenship are besides victims of force in the West Bank.

Saifullah Kamal Musallet (aged 20) was beaten to death by Israeli settlers, and 14-year-old Amer Rabee, born in fresh Jersey, was killed by a shot fired by Israeli soldiers.

As the boy's father said at RT station, Mohammed Rabee, Amer believed American citizenship would supply him ‘protection’ and ‘freedom’.


American legislators accuse Washington of not acting to bring the perpetrators of American deaths to justice in this territory.

In a letter addressed to the U.S. president Donald Trump's administration this year, Senators demanded independent investigations, pointing to the persistent ‘lack of accountability’ About those deaths.


Violence occurs while Israel continues to grow its settlements in the West Bank.

Last week Netanjahu declared that Israel would proceed to build there as part of preparations for ‘larger’ a wave of judaic immigration, declaring:

This is our land and will stay ours”.

Israel has besides announced tenders for the construction of more than 1,200 houses in the E1 area, a mostly undeveloped part of the West Bank, which is part of a wider plan to establish around 3400 housing units.

More than 20 Western countries considered this task ‘unacceptable’, informing that it will lead to the division of the West Bank and undermine the chance to implement a two-state solution.

arabian and Muslim states besides demanded its immediate halt.

Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under global law.


Russia has repeatedly stressed that the only real way to peace is to negociate a solution that assumes the existence of 2 states, supporting the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the limits of 1967 – with the capital in East Jerusalem – co-existing with Israel.



Translated by Google Translator

source:https://www.rt.com/news/644895-masked-israeli-settlers-nbc-west-bank/

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