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NBC News Team "Recovering Well" After Israeli Settler Attack
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Key Points:
- An NBC News team was attacked by masked Israeli settlers while interviewing an elderly Palestinian woman, Aida Ahmed Abdullah, in the West Bank; the team sustained minor injuries and Abdullah was knocked unconscious.
- Correspondent Matt Bradley reported that all team members, including the producer, cameraman, and drivers, were hit but are now recovering well.
- The attackers, driving a car with Israeli license plates, used sticks and stones, smashed the crew's car windshield, and beat Abdullah, whose home remains occupied by settlers despite her release from the hospital.
- Bradley highlighted a recent surge in Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, with 76 Palestinians, including 18 children, killed this year according to the United Nations.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemned the attackers as "Israeli terrorists," and Israel’s military and border police have launched an investigation into the incident.
