סכסוכים · West Bank harvestHeidi Levine Has Surgery After Settler Attack; No Arrests Announcedנכתב 18 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 21:34 UTCצפייהתמליל0:07On October 16th, we reported Heidi Levine's beating.0:10She's now had surgery.0:11Her family describes spinal fractures and a nearly severed finger.0:15Two days after the attack, police haven't announced arrests.0:18What have investigators done to identify her attackers and explain the soldiers'0:22response?0:22Levine was attacked near Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West0:27Bank, while covering Palestinian olive harvesters.0:30She initially received hospital care in Ramallah.0:33Her later treatment was at Balinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel.0:37Bailinson classified Levine's condition as moderate, reported limb injuries, and0:41confirmed surgery by October 17th.0:43Her daughter, Ashley Milner, described a broken rib, multiple broken vertebrae, and0:47lacerations.0:48She said surgeons operated on a finger nearly detached from Levine's hand.0:52The hospital's announcement didn't give an exact operation time.0:55Levine was still receiving treatment there on October 18th.0:58Her son expects weeks of recovery, but that's a family expectation.1:01The hospital hasn't published a recovery timetable.1:04A hospital visitor said doctors had identified stab wounds.1:07Later family accounts described possible puncture wounds.1:10The hospital hasn't confirmed a stabbing, and the documented cuts alone don't tell1:14us what caused them.1:15Levine wore a helmet and a protective vest marked press.1:19She says attackers pushed her down, struck her with sticks, and repeatedly kicked1:23her while she tried to hold onto her cameras and pouch.1:26She estimated about 50 kicks and a beating lasting about 10 minutes or longer.1:30She believes her protective equipment kept her alive.1:33Palestinian colleagues helped get her out for medical care.1:37Her cameras, phone, and bag were taken or damaged.1:39Harvesters and activists abandoned their picking as masked settlers approached.1:44Attackers threw rocks, including with slingshots, and olive groves were set alight.1:48Local people tried to push them back.1:50Cars also burned during the wider village violence.1:52The size of the attacking group remains unsettled.1:55Levine described at least 50 masked men on a hill.1:58Other witnesses estimated about 80 people.2:01Our earlier report described roughly a dozen charging into the fields.2:05Those estimates haven't been reconciled.2:07Benjamin Netanyahu's office condemned violence but questioned who started it.2:11It claimed about 200 Arabs and left-wing activists confronted around 40 Israeli2:16youths.2:17It also suggested the person who knocked Levine down immediately helped her up.2:20Levine called that suggestion such a lie and the biggest insult.2:24Her account of being beaten, her visible press identification, and her hospital2:28treatment leave individual responsibility and the wider sequence for investigators2:32to resolve.2:33Her executive editor, Matt Murray, directly challenged the Prime Minister's office.2:37He said Levine was clearly marked as press and clearly beaten, and demanded a2:42thorough investigation and accountability.2:44He rejected the suggestion that the beating itself was unclear.2:47Levine says soldiers watched her beating without protecting her.2:51A military spokesperson's initial review said troops were dispersing a violent crowd2:55and hadn't witnessed her assault.2:57That review remains in direct conflict with her account.2:59Levine says soldiers fired tear gas that dispersed Palestinians and journalists,3:04leaving her isolated.3:05She asked, 15 people are beating a woman.3:08Why didn't they help me?3:09Other witnesses also allege soldiers failed to intervene.3:12The military says soldiers and border police were dispatched after a violent3:16confrontation was reported and used riot dispersal measures.3:19It acknowledged a female journalist was injured and promised to examine the3:22circumstances.3:23Police and forensic investigators were to collect evidence and testimony under3:27military protection.3:29The military also described firing at another location.3:32It says soldiers fired warning shots, then toward a suspect running at them with a3:36sharp object.3:38That statement places the shooting away from the precise point of Levine's beating.3:42The military strongly condemned violence against civilians and promised cooperation3:46with other authorities.3:47Its announced investigations haven't produced published findings about who beat3:51Levine or what soldiers saw and did during her assault.3:54Ambassador Mike Huckabee demanded an investigation, arrests and prosecution to the3:58fullest extent of the law.4:00He called the assault a despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards and4:04said the attackers should spend years in prison.4:06The U.S.4:07Embassy in Jerusalem also called for investigations, arrests and convictions.4:11These demands sharpened the American response since our October 16th report.4:15Huckabee made his statement on October 17th.4:18Its circulation the following day didn't mark another enforcement action.4:21Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States had repeatedly asked Israel to4:26crack down on West Bank violence.4:28He called the images disturbing, acknowledged he lacked the full details, and said4:32officials had requested an embassy assessment.4:34Rubio said he expected that assessment later that day or the next.4:39No resulting action had been publicly announced by October 18th.4:43He also defended the earlier lifting of sanctions against settlers, saying that4:46didn't mean President Trump supported the violence.4:49The Foreign Press Association says repeated appeals to stop attacks on journalists4:53and civilians have been ignored.4:55It urged Netanyahu to stop minimizing the violence as the work of a few troubled4:59youths, and called on the Army to protect civilians and authorities to prosecute5:02perpetrators.5:03That concern predates Levine's beating.5:05AFP photographer Jafar Ashtia was hospitalized after an attack near Akrabah on5:10October 6th.5:11Village-level injury counts range from at least 2 to around 12.5:15Those figures haven't been reconciled patient by patient.5:18The earlier local count included 4 Palestinian Americans among 12 injured5:22Palestinians.5:23The four were already included in that count.5:25Across Friday's wider attacks, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society counted 205:29injured in two dozen attacks.5:31Health officials separately described more than a dozen injured across at least5:34eight villages.5:35Those overlapping accounts can't be added to produce a larger total.5:39One injured Palestinian American, Majdi, described being attacked alongside his5:42mother with guns, rocks, and other weapons and struck on his head and neck.5:46His exact place in the competing injury totals remains unclear.5:49The UN's seasonal account compares about 200 harvest-linked attacks with 1855:53throughout the 2025 harvest.5:55It describes one Palestinian killed, over 120 injured, and over 2,500 trees or6:00saplings damaged.6:01Its precise reporting cutoff hasn't been clarified.6:04Some accounts place nearly 200 attacks in a fortnight.6:07Others describe the harvest so far.6:09These are cumulative figures, rather than 200 new attacks since our last report.6:13Palestinian officials' separate claim of at least four deaths also covers wider6:17violence, with a different counting period.6:19The rights group Yesh Din had already reported at least 170 settler attacks since6:24September 27th.6:26Broader figures that also count soldiers' actions use overlapping periods and6:30different definitions.6:31They don't provide a verified measure of an increase since our previous broadcast.6:35One Palestinian picker said collection had fallen from 60 to 70 bags previously to6:40three or four now.6:41That's one worker's experience.6:43Without matching the time worked or bag sizes, it can't measure the whole6:46territory's crop loss.6:47Access restrictions add another barrier.6:50Previously reported orders required military approval to enter about 8,800 hectares6:54of agricultural land, described as 30% more than the previous year.6:58That acreage covers wider access restrictions rather than land burned or seized at7:02Abu Fala.7:03Levine's surgery and continued hospital treatment now give a clearer picture of the7:07harm.7:07Investigators still have to identify individual attackers and resolve the7:11conflicting accounts of the soldiers' response.7:13Police and the military haven't published a completion date for their7:16investigations.7:17By October 18th, no charges or completed investigative findings had been announced.7:22Police still hadn't announced an arrest.קריאת הכתבהציר הזמן של הסיפורHeyDexהסרטון הקצר ↗מי דיווח על מהנקודות שדיווח עליהן יותר מכלי תקשורת אחדThe settlers stormed Abu Falah during the olive harvest armed with slingshots.5 כלי תקשורת✓Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians during the olive harvest in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah…אושר באופן עצמאי · 4 כלי תקשורתHealth officials said more than a dozen people were injured in attacks across at least eight West B…4 כלי תקשורתPalestinian officials claimed at least four people had been killed in settler attacks since the har…3 כלי תקשורתThe speaker says military forces shot a member of the village council.3 כלי תקשורת✓Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank during the annual …אושר באופן עצמאי · 3 כלי תקשורתThe settlers set fire to about a dozen olive trees.3 כלי תקשורתThe speaker says settlers shot toward people, including one settler with a handgun and another with…3 כלי תקשורתNew Israeli rules prohibit Palestinians from entering about 8,800 hectares of agricultural land wit…3 כלי תקשורתThe attackers set cars on fire.3 כלי תקשורתAmro alleged that the Israeli military coordinates with or supports settler attacks.3 כלי תקשורתIsraeli police said they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incident…3 כלי תקשורתThe Washington Post reiterated its call for a full and transparent investigation into the attack on…3 כלי תקשורתThe Foreign Press Association in Israel and the Palestinian territories said repeated calls to Isra…3 כלי תקשורתHeidi Levine said masked settlers beat her for more than 10 minutes during an attack on Palestinian…שני כלי תקשורתDozens of masked settlers attacked Palestinians in Abu Falah during the olive harvest.שני כלי תקשורתMasked men attacked Palestinians harvesting olives near Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank.שני כלי תקשורתBelgian, French and Polish officials and Catholic Church representatives were attacked in Tybee on …שני כלי תקשורת✓Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was taken to hospital after being at the scene.אושר באופן עצמאי · שני כלי תקשורת✓The journalist said the attackers kicked him repeatedly, estimating about 50 kicks.אושר באופן עצמאי · שני כלי תקשורתIsraeli forces arrived and fired tear gas.שני כלי תקשורתThe Israeli military fired teargas toward Palestinians after some picked up rocks to defend themsel…שני כלי תקשורתMike Huckabee called the assault on Levine a “despicable act of terror” in a post on X on Saturday.שני כלי תקשורתHeidi Levine was taken to a hospital in Ramallah.שני כלי תקשורתכל שורה היא הטענה כפי שתיעדנו אותה מהדיווח של אותו כלי תקשורת. הושווה נכון ל-19 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 21:27 UTC.סיקור קשוררקע·28 באוק׳, 13:54 UTCPalestinian farmer loses more than a dozen lambs in reported settler attackרקע·17 באוק׳, 22:26 UTCTaybeh attack brings harvest violence to European delegationרקע·8 באוק׳, 2:53 UTCGaza’s ceasefire nears a year. The aid keeping families fed is under threat.
