Photojournalist Heidi Levine hospitalized after West Bank assault

Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after masked attackers knocked her down and repeatedly kicked her while she was reporting near Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank on October 16. Video recorded by journalists shows Levine on the ground being beaten. She said the assailants also took her phone and cameras. She was treated at a hospital in Ramallah and her employer said she was safe. Levine was covering Palestinian families harvesting olives when violence broke out in and around the grove. Witnesses described masked men attacking harvesters and journalists; accounts and video also show fire in the olive groves and rocks being thrown. Levine said she was wearing a vest marked PRESS and a helmet when she was attacked. She described being knocked down and kicked repeatedly. Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, a witness who filmed the incident, said masked attackers beat Levine and that Israeli troops were present. Another journalist, Jasper Nathaniel, also said troops were at the scene and described them as enabling the attack. The Israeli military gave a different account: an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said troops had tried to disperse a large, violent crowd...