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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: NBC crew and Palestinian woman attacked in West Bank

JALUD, West Bank (NBC, KYMA) - Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC news team reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.

Warning: video may be disturbing to some viewers.

Four members of an NBC team were interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family in the Palestinian town of Jalud, near Nablus, when the attack occurred.

Abdullah said they had been driven out of their home by Israeli settlers, and the team was walking down a hill toward the house.

The video shows a gray car with Israeli license plates driving in reverse up the hill toward them.

When the car stopped, at least four men in dark clothes with their faces covered jumped out, hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and throwing rocks at them.

Abdullah was taken for medical care by the Red Crescent.

Her injuries were not life-threatening, according to an Israeli military and Israel border police statement.

According to her husband, Mahmoud Toubasi, Abdullah's condition had improved but she remained in the hospital Saturday night.

Three additional members of the NBC news team, a cameraman, producer and driver were also injured and were treated following the attack.

The United Nations and media workers have reported an uptick in attacks on foreign, Palestinian and Israeli journalists in the West Bank amid an increase in settler violence.

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