US ambassador calls attack on photojournalist an act of terror

Summary

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced the attack on American photojournalist Heidi Levine as an act of terror and called for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted, The Guardian reports. Le Monde reports that witnesses said settlers beat Levine and stole her belongings; she was hospitalized with broken vertebrae and is in moderate condition. This follows earlier reports that Levine was injured while covering the West Bank olive harvest and settlers burned olive trees.

Timeline

1. Le Monde

   18 Oct 2026, 00:38 UTCSource ↗

   Le Monde reports that the US ambassador urged Israel to prosecute over the attack; witnesses said settlers beat Heidi Levine and stole her belongings, and she was hospitalized with broken vertebrae in moderate condition.

2. The Guardian

   18 Oct 2026, 17:02 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian reports that Mike Huckabee denounced the attack on photojournalist Heidi Levine as an act of terror and called for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted.