Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a 51-year-old Palestinian woman, Aida Ahmed Abdullah, and four members of an NBC News team in the Palestinian town of Jalud near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, August 29, 2026 [1, 2, 3]. The NBC team included international correspondent Matt Bradley, a cameraman, a producer, and a driver. All were attacked and sustained injuries of varying severity [1, 3].
Attackers drove a gray car with Israeli license plates in reverse up a hill toward the group. At least four masked men then exited the vehicle and assaulted the victims using sticks and rocks [1, 3]. Bradley described the assault: "They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car" [1]. Producer Lawahez Jabari recalled, "Suddenly a car came to us. The settlers had sticks. I saw a gun, but they didn’t use the gun" [1].
Abdullah was forcibly displaced from her home by the settlers during the incident and suffered injuries requiring medical care. She was taken by the Red Crescent and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night [1, 3]. Bradley was hit twice in the arm and treated at a nearby clinic [1, 3].
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence, calling those responsible "a handful of rioters" engaged in criminal acts. He said they harm Israel's reputation and interfere with the Israeli Defense Forces’ missions [1, 4, 3]. Netanyahu stated, "I strongly condemn the criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Qusra and Jalud by a handful of rioters who are violating the law, causing a grave injustice to the law-abiding Jewish community... and harming Israel's standing in the world" [4].
The attack took place amid escalating tensions and settler violence in the area. Earlier in August, settlers blocked supplies from entering Palestinian homes near Qusra and trapped residents inside. On the same day as the Jalud incident, dozens of settlers attacked Palestinians in Qusra by throwing stones and barricading themselves inside a house [4].
The violence reflects ongoing tensions in the occupied West Bank. Authorities have not reported any arrests related to the attack on the NBC team and Abdullah. No further updates on the victims’ conditions have been released since Saturday night.
