<p>US photojournalist describes ‘protective shield’, vows to return to work in West Bank and criticises Netanyahu comments on incident</p><p>The Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked and seriously injured by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine">Israeli settlers on the West Bank on Friday</a> has described how she was saved with the help of local Palestinians.</p><p>Heidi Levine sustained four fractured vertebrae, two broken ribs and four puncture wounds when she was knocked to the ground and repeatedly beaten by a crowd of masked settlers while she and other journalists were covering the olive harvest in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/heidi-levine-palestinians-israeli-settler-attack-west-bank">Continue reading...</a>
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Heidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attack
<p>US photojournalist describes ‘protective shield’, vows to return to work in West Bank and criticises Netanyahu comments on incident</p><p>The Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked and seriously injured by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine">Israeli settlers on the West Bank on Friday</a> has described how she was saved with the help of local Palestinians.</p><p>Heidi Levine sustained four fractured vertebrae, two broken ribs and four puncture wounds when she was knocked to the ground and repeatedly beaten by a crowd of masked settlers while she and other journalists were covering the olive harvest in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/heidi-levine-palestinians-israeli-settler-attack-west-bank">Continue reading...</a>