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Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank

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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.

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Four members of an NBC team were interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family in the Palestinian town of Jalud, near Nablus. Abdullah said they have been driven out of their home by Israeli settlers, and the team was walking down the hill toward the house.

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A gray car with Israeli license plates then drove in reverse up the hill toward them, video of the incident shows.

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A masked man in a blue tracksuit, holding a stick, was leaning out of the rear passenger window as the vehicle approached. When the car stopped, at least four men in dark clothes with their faces covered leapt out, hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and threw rocks at them.

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“They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car,” said Matt Bradley, NBC News international correspondent, who was hit twice in the arm and later treated at a nearby clinic.

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Abdullah, 51, who was on the ground after the attack, was taken for medical care by the Red Crescent. Her injuries were not life-threatening, according to…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health

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