An NBC News crew, including foreign correspondent Matt Bradley, is safe and "recovering well" in Tel Aviv after being attacked by masked Israeli settlers while filming in the occupied West Bank. The assault, which occurred on-camera during an interview with an elderly Palestinian woman, has drawn condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, and highlights an escalating pattern of settler violence against Palestinians that has drawn international scrutiny.

Bradley told Today host Willie Geist he was struck twice on the arm, and that every member of his team, including a producer, cameraman and driver, sustained hits during the attack. The assailants, travelling in a car with Israeli licence plates, smashed the crew's windscreen and beat 51-year-old Aida Ahmed Abdullah unconscious; she has since been released from hospital, though her home remains occupied by settlers. Bradley cited United Nations figures showing 76 Palestinians, including 18 children, have been killed in the West Bank this year amid a surge in settler violence, and confirmed that Israel's military and border police have launched an investigation into the incident.