Israeli settlers attack Deutsche Welle reporters in West Bank

The Israeli settlers attacked two journalists from Deutsche Welle (DW) in the occupied West Bank, the German international broadcaster said on Saturday.

A correspondent and a cameraman were bombed with large stones and hunted on Friday.

The couple were in the Palestinian village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, to report a planned protest against violence by radical settlers.

They could have escaped unharmed, but the cameraman’s car was seriously damaged.

DW’s director Peter Limburg condemned the attack.

“This attack cannot be justified by anything, and we demand very clearly: the Israeli government must guarantee the security of all journalists in the West Bank,” he said in a statement.

The Israeli army, responsible for security issues in the West Bank, has not initially commented on the issue. A spokesperson said they would examine the report.

According to Deutsche Welle, funded by the German state but operates independently, representatives of other international media were also present during the attack. They were also caught in the hail of the stones of the colonists and had to flee.

Since October 7, 2023, the massacres of the Hamas Islamist Islamist group in Israel and the war that results in Gaza, the radical Israeli colonists have intensified their attacks on the Palestinians in the West Bank.

Really, they advance in the Palestinian villages with firearms, baseball bats and stones, setting fire to houses, cars and fields.

In addition to the 3 million Palestinians living in occupied West Bank, there are now more than 700,000 Israeli settlers living in around 200 colonies, including East Jerusalem.