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Armed Israeli settlers attacked an American journalist and two activists in the West Bank, according to one of the activists, just over a week after the same journalist helped rescue Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine from a settler attack.
Getting into it: Adele Shoko, a Russian activist, posted on X that settlers beat and threatened her, US journalist Jasper Nathaniel and an Israeli-Russian activist who goes by Andrey X in Umm al-Khair, a Palestinian village in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron. She said the attackers made off with their gear and other belongings. In videos Shoko shared, several men, some carrying guns, can be seen hitting Nathaniel and Andrey X. A separate clip shows Israeli forces walking Nathaniel off as he yells that he was just beaten.
Shoko said Nathaniel was pepper-sprayed and arrested, and that Andrey X suffered a concussion and was taken to a police station instead of a hospital. Authorities haven’t announced any action against the attackers.
Israeli settlers attacked Russian-Israeli journalist Andrey Ilyich Khrzhanovskiy, along with foreign journalists Adele Shoko and Jasper Nathaniel, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday https://t.co/l1urmiF50U
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) October 29, 2026
When Levine was attacked, she suffered a broken rib and a broken vertebra and needed surgery on her finger, even though she was wearing a vest marked “PRESS.” Israeli police have since arrested at least 10 people in connection with her attack and a separate settler attack on European diplomats.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has questioned parts of Levine’s account, saying video appeared to show her being knocked down and then helped to her feet by the same person and that “serious questions remain.” Levine says that’s false, telling CNN the attackers only pulled her up because they couldn’t strip her of all her gear, including a gold necklace her daughter gave her, while she was on the ground.
Notably, the Israeli rights group Yesh Din has counted more than 530 incidents of settler and soldier violence since the olive harvest began Sept. 27, more than a quarter of them happening with soldiers present.
