# Masked Israeli settlers attack Palestinian woman, NBC News team in West Bank
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Publisher: NBC News · published 2026-08-29 · read 2026-08-31

Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-nbc-news-team-attacked-masked-israeli-settlers-rcna595024

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## Who is named (14)

- [Mahmoud Toubasi](https://truthscore.com/entity/6188f751)
- [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://truthscore.com/entity/692c1f16)
- [Netanyahu’s hard‑line government](https://truthscore.com/entity/76b4a735)
- [Matt Bradley](https://truthscore.com/entity/80c62200)
- [United Nations](https://truthscore.com/entity/8a643e61)
- [gray car](https://truthscore.com/entity/9df2cc9e)
- [Khaldoon Eid](https://truthscore.com/entity/a8d56e79)
- [Israeli military and Israel Border Police statement](https://truthscore.com/entity/ac66450c)
- [Doron Spielman](https://truthscore.com/entity/c3cc25fd)
- [UN OCHA data on killings Jan‑July 2026](https://truthscore.com/entity/d5cfcfbc)
- [Lawahez Jabari](https://truthscore.com/entity/e0934071)
- [West Bank](https://truthscore.com/entity/ee4d89c7)
- [Red Crescent](https://truthscore.com/entity/f9ee8f89)
- [Aida Ahmed Abdullah](https://truthscore.com/entity/fc332db1)

## What it added

- [Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and NBC News journalists in the Israeli‑occupied West Bank on Saturday.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d9296670)
  > Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.
- [Three members of an NBC team were interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family in Jalud, near Nablus, when the attack occurred.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ea29ab1d)
  > Three members of an NBC team were interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family in the Palestinian town of Jalud, near Nablus, when the attack occurred.
- [Abdullah said they had been driven out of their home by Israeli settlers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fc714073)
  > Abdullah said they had been driven out of their home by Israeli settlers,
- [A gray car with Israeli license plates drove in reverse up the hill toward the NBC journalists.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9dbe8da0)
  > A gray car with Israeli license plates then drove in reverse up the hill toward them, video of the incident shows.
- [At least four men in dark clothes with faces covered leaped out of the car, hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and throwing rocks at them.](https://truthscore.com/claim/786e581f)
  > When the car stopped, at least four men in dark clothes and with their faces covered leaped out, hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and throwing rocks at them.
- [Matt Bradley said the attackers jumped out, beat them, then jumped back in the car.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f5d23ab7)
  > “They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car,” said NBC News international correspondent Matt Bradley, who was hit twice in the arm and later treated at a nearby clinic.
- [Abdullah was taken for medical care by the Red Crescent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c61bee91)
  > Abdullah, 51, who was on the ground after the attack, was taken for medical care by the Red Crescent.
- [According to an Israeli military and Israel Border Police statement, Abdullah’s injuries were not life‑threatening.](https://truthscore.com/claim/851d04b9)
  > Her injuries were not life‑threatening, according to an Israeli military and Israel Border Police statement.
- [Mahmoud Toubasi said Abdullah’s condition had improved but she remained in the hospital Saturday night.](https://truthscore.com/claim/abb6e300)
  > According to her husband, Mahmoud Toubasi, Abdullah’s condition had improved but she remained in the hospital Saturday night.
- [Two additional NBC News team members, a cameraman and a producer, were injured and were treated following the attack.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5ac1f77a)
  > Two additional members of the NBC News team — a cameraman and producer — were also injured and were treated following the attack.
- [Producer Lawahez Jabari said the car rushed up the hill before its occupants beat members of the team and damaged camera equipment and one of the crew’s…](https://truthscore.com/claim/86cc15d9)
  > Producer Lawahez Jabari described how the car rushed up the hill before its occupants beat members of the team and damaged camera equipment and one of the crew’s vehicles.
- [Lawahez Jabari said she saw a gun but the attackers did not use the gun.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fff41f3a)
  > “I saw a gun, but they didn’t use the gun.”
- [Camera operator Khaldoon Eid said they did not expect the attack.](https://truthscore.com/claim/94ff30fe)
  > Camera operator Khaldoon Eid, who lives in the West Bank, said he was surprised the attack occurred in the middle of the village.
  > “We didn’t expect that — that they would come to attack,” he said.
- [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and spokesman Doron Spielman condemned the violence against Abdullah and the NBC News crew on Saturday.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d24d7bf3)
  > Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his spokesman Doron Spielman condemned the violence against Abdullah and the NBC News crew along with several other incidents across the area on Saturday.
- [Netanyahu said the criminal acts of violence were committed in the villages of Kosra and Jalud by a handful of rioters.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c2fa7732)
  > Netanyahu said the “criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Kosra and Jalud by a handful of rioters who violate the law, cause enormous injustice to the law-abiding settler public, hinder the IDF in fulfilling its missions and harm Israel’s standing in the world.”
- [Spielman said the attackers’ actions violate the law, endanger both Jews and Arabs, interfere with the Israel Defense Forces, and harm Israel’s international…](https://truthscore.com/claim/98d4fd5a)
  > Spielman said in a post on X that “their actions violate the law; they endanger both Jews and Arabs, and they interfere with the Israel Defense Forces as they carry out vital security missions, and of course they harm Israel’s international legitimacy.”
- [Netanyahu requested that security forces apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice, stating Israel will not tolerate vigilantism of any kind.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6c436b90)
  > Netanyahu, he said, requested that security forces “apprehend the perpetrators and to bring them to justice,” adding Israel “will not tolerate vigilantism of any kind by anyone.”
- [Israeli security forces said they received reports that rioters had arrived in the area and that violent clashes had occurred, including stone‑hurling toward…](https://truthscore.com/claim/505efc7d)
  > Israeli security described the regional violence on Saturday, saying they received reports that “rioters had arrived in the area and that violent clashes had occurred, including stone-hurling toward Palestinians and additional civilians.”
- [Security forces identified dozens of rioters who had barricaded themselves inside a Palestinian home while Palestinian residents were inside.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7be249b6)
  > “Upon their arrival, the security forces identified dozens of rioters who had barricaded themselves inside a Palestinian home while Palestinian residents were inside,” the statement said.
- [Security forces confiscated vehicles belonging to the Israeli rioters that were suspected of having been used to reach the area.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e1b6dc12)
  > The security forces confiscated vehicles belonging to the Israeli rioters that were suspected of having been used to reach the area,” the statement said.
- [IDF soldiers and Israel Border Police forces continue to operate in Qusra and Jalud to prevent further disturbances and restore order.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4470de2f)
  > “IDF soldiers and Israel Border Police forces continue to operate in the areas of Qusra and Jalud to prevent further disturbances and restore order in the area,” it added.
- [Between Jan. 1 and July 24, Israeli forces or settlers killed 76 Palestinians, according to UN OCHA data.](https://truthscore.com/claim/363f3798)
  > Between Jan. 1 and July 24, Israeli forces or settlers killed 76 Palestinians, according to the latest data available from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- [Three Israelis were killed over the same period, according to the UN OCHA data.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3e6775d9)
  > Three Israelis were killed over the same period, the data shows.
- [Netanyahu’s hard‑line government has been accused of turning a blind eye to settler attacks in the West Bank.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8206c976)
  > Netanyahu’s hard‑line government has been accused of turning a blind eye to the settler attacks in the West Bank, which many governments around the world consider illegally occupied.
- [The West Bank is home to 3 million Palestinians and 500 000 Israeli settlers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a45bbffd)
  > Captured in the 1967 Middle East war, the West Bank is home to 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers.
- [The United Nations and media workers have reported an uptick in attacks on foreign, Palestinian and Israeli journalists in the West Bank.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e937a7d4)
  > The United Nations and media workers have also reported an uptick in attacks on foreign, Palestinian and Israeli journalists in the West Bank.

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