Overview

• Two Deutsche Welle reporters were pelted with stones and chased by masked settlers in the West Bank village of Sinjil while covering a protest against radical settler violence, sustaining damage to their equipment but escaping unharmed.
• The Israel Defense Forces announced it will investigate the incident under its mandate to secure the occupied territories.
• DW director Peter Limbourg accused the Israeli government of failing to protect journalists and demanded guarantees for correspondent safety.
• Germany’s Journalists' Association and the German ambassador to Israel issued formal condemnations calling for accountability and stronger safeguards.
• The attack underscores rising risks for international media operating in areas under Israeli military control as settler violence intensifies.