Overview

• On July 15, masked Israeli settlers smashed the rear window of a CNN crew vehicle near Sinjil as correspondent Jeremy Diamond and his team covered the death of Saif Musallet.
• Twenty-year-old American-Palestinian Saif Musallet was beaten to death by settlers on July 11 while visiting family, with witnesses saying ambulances were blocked for hours.
• A Deutsche Welle crew in Sinjil on July 4 suffered a similar stone attack, marking two assaults on foreign journalists in the West Bank this month.
• The Foreign Press Association and the International Federation of Journalists report a surge in violence against journalists and note that no suspects have been arrested.
• US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has urged Israeli authorities to aggressively investigate Musallet’s killing and ensure accountability for those responsible.