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Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine and burn Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

Masked settlers burned cars and olive trees at a grove near Abu Falah; members of Congress called for an investigation.

Levine, who was marked as press, is in stable condition in a Ramallah hospital; Netanyahu's office said the facts were unclear, and Post editor Matt Murray replied that the beating was "indisputable."

  • About 80 settlers descended on the grove, per Reuters witnesses cited by NBC News.
  • Injuries are disputed: a local official told the BBC 12 Palestinians were hurt, four of them Palestinian-Americans; Palestinian medics told NBC 2 went to the hospital.
  • NBC counts 170+ settler attacks in the West Bank since Sept. 27.