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Jalud attack and Qusra siege
Masked Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team in the Palestinian town of Jalud near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, with NBC News international correspondent Matt Bradley saying, "They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car."
“"They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car,"”
The attack came as settlers also attacked homes surrounding the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, where witnesses told Reuters that seven Palestinians were trapped inside a home while stones were thrown.
In Jalud, the NBC crew was interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family when a gray car with Israeli license plates drove in reverse up the hill toward them, and at least four men with their faces covered leapt out hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and throwing rocks.
Abdullah, 51, was taken for medical care by the Red Crescent, and the Israeli military and Israel Border Police said her injuries were not life-threatening while NBC said Bradley was hit twice in the arm and treated at a nearby clinic.
In Qusra, Saddam Oday said the Israeli military fired tear gas into the home and detained the residents inside while letting him go, and Luay Bayruti said the military handcuffed, blindfolded and beat those inside before later releasing them.
Netanyahu, Herzog, and NBC
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence in Qusra and Jalud, calling it "criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Qusra and Jalud by a handful of rioters" while also saying it "hinder[s] the IDF in fulfilling its missions" and "harm[s] Israel’s standing in the world."
Israeli President Isaac Herzog also issued a sharp condemnation, saying, "This is a direct and flagrant defiance of the laws and values of the State of Israel."
NBC News producer Lawahez Jabari described how a car rushed up the hill before the occupants beat members of the team and damaged camera equipment and one of the crew’s vehicles.
Jabari said, "Suddenly a car came to us," and added, "The settlers had sticks. I saw a gun, but they didn’t use the gun."
In the same incident, camera operator Khaldoon Eid said, "We didn’t expect that — that they would come to attack," and said the crew was "in the middle of a Palestinian area next to Palestinian houses."
Deadlines, casualties, and fallout
The violence in the West Bank occurred alongside a broader toll cited by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, with NBC News saying that between Jan. 1 and July 24 Israeli forces or settlers killed 76 Palestinians and that three Israelis were killed over the same period.
“Between Jan. 1 and July 24, Israeli forces or settlers killed 76 Palestinians”
The Guardian reported that Israeli security forces said they received reports that "violent clashes had occurred, including stone-hurling toward Palestinians and additional civilians," and said security forces identified dozens of rioters barricaded inside a Palestinian home while Palestinian residents were inside.
The Guardian also quoted the Israeli security statement saying, "The security forces who arrived at the scene initially operated to remove the rioters from the home," and added that security forces confiscated vehicles belonging to the Israeli rioters suspected of being used to reach the area.
In Jalud, NBC News said Abdullah’s husband, Mahmoud Toubasi, reported that her condition had improved but she remained in the hospital Saturday night, while the Israeli military and Israel Border Police statement said her injuries were not life-threatening.
The incident also fed into ongoing scrutiny of settler violence in the West Bank, with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cited by UNN as saying violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank has been increasing since the beginning of 2026 and that attacks on journalists have increased in the region.