# Heidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attack

https://mins.news/en/item/109922

- The Guardian, 2026-10-21 17:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/heidi-levine-palestinians-israeli-settler-attack-west-bank

> Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine says masked Israeli settlers beat her severely while she covered the olive harvest in Abu Falah, in the West Bank. Palestinian youths used slingshots to drive the attackers back, allowing journalists to help her. Levine says she plans to return to West Bank reporting after recovering and criticized Netanyahu’s comments on the incident.

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