I'm Going to Die': Netanyahu's Office Called Photographer's Beating 'Alleged' Despite Video of the Attack

Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government cast doubt on what happened to Heidi Levine, later said officials were still checking (Credit: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson)

'I'm going to die,' Heidi Levine told people trying to help her. Masked men had just beaten the US photographer as she worked near a West Bank village on Friday 16 October. Witnesses said the men were Israeli settlers. Within hours, video of the attack was online.

Less than five hours later, Benjamin Netanyahu's office said she was 'allegedly assaulted' and called the facts unclear. The Washington Post pushed back. Her daughter, Ashley Milner, said she had a broken rib and four fractured vertebrae. On Monday 19 October, police held 10 suspects over attacks on her and EU envoys.