Washington Post Photographer Hospitalized After West Bank Assault

Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was hospitalized after she was injured while covering Palestinian olive harvesting near Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank on October 16. Levine said masked attackers knocked her to the ground and repeatedly kicked her. Her account and video reported from the scene showed her being beaten, but responsibility for the assault and the actions of security forces remain contested. Levine was wearing a vest marked PRESS and a helmet, according to reports. She said the attackers took her phone and cameras. She was treated at a hospital in Ramallah. The Washington Post said she had received medical care and was safe; the available reports did not establish the extent of her injuries beyond her hospitalization. The attack occurred during a confrontation around Palestinian families harvesting olives. Witnesses described masked people approaching the group and violence in and around the grove. Some accounts said olive trees or other property were set on fire. Reports also described other Palestinians being injured, but figures cited for the wider violence covered different locations and periods and do not establish a single total tied to the...