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Attacked
September 6
Uri Avneri, Maariv, ATTACKED
Avneri, a columnist for the daily newspaper Maariv, was attacked by a crowd during a Likud National Committee meeting in Tel Aviv. Upon entering the meeting hall and presenting his press credentials, Avneri was greeted with shouts from angry participants who then punched him and forced him out of the meeting hall. The incident took place in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud National Committee Chair and acting Minister of Justice Tsahi Hanegbi. Neither took action to restrain the crowd.
September 25
Abdel Karim Zeneid, Palestinian Broadcasting Corp. (PBC), ATTACKED
Murad Siyyam, PBC, ATTACKED
Ali Shanaan, PBC, ATTACKED
Zeneid and Siyyam, PBC cameramen, and Shanaan, their driver, were struck in the head by rubber bullets fired randomly by Israeli forces during clashes with Palestinians on the West Bank, near Ramallah. They were treated for their injuries and released from the hospital the same day.
September 26
Muhammad Saadi, Palestinian Broadcasting Corp. (PBC), ATTACKED
Ahmed Kaddoumi, PBC, ATTACKED
Abdel Nasser, PBC, ATTACKED
Khaled Abu Hattab, PBC, ATTACKED
Ghassan Kandah, PBC, ATTACKED
Saadi and Kaddoumi, reporters for the PBC; PBC cameramen Nasser and Abu Hattab; and driver Kandah were wounded by rubber bullets fired from Israeli positions during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians near the West Bank town of Ramallah. They were treated and released from the hospital the same day.
September 26
Issa Freij, CBS, ATTACKED
Freij, a cameraman for the U.S. television network CBS, was shot in the chest during armed clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in Ramallah in the West Bank. His injury appeared to be the result of random cross fire. Freij was taken to the hospital, and reportedly was in good condition.
September 26
Manoocher Deghati, Agence France-Presse (AFP), ATTACKED
Deghati, a photographer for AFP, was shot in the leg during gun battles between Israelis and Palestinians near Ramallah in the West Bank. Deghati suffered fractures to his right leg. He was taken to Ramallah Hospital and later transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in West Jerusalem, where he underwent surgery.
September 26
Majdi al-Arabid, Worldwide Television News (WTN), ATTACKED
Al-Arabid, a cameraman for WTN, was wounded in both hands and one of his legs by random gunfire in Gaza, near the Erez checkpoint, during clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. Al-Arabid wanted his injuries treated in Israel, but both Palestinian and Israeli authorities denied him permission to leave Gaza and enter Israel. The next morning he was transported to Cairo to receive medical care.
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