On July 11, 2026, settlers attacked 2 cars of journalists visiting Sinjil, north of Ramallah, when they visit the spot where the Palestinian-American Saif Musallet was killed by settelers one year ago, with his bereaved father.

On the road to come backfour settlers armed with wooden and metal rods, stones and a knife blocked the road, tried to puncture the tyres of CNN's car, smashed its rear window and climbed onto a second car carrying independent journalists, smashing its windshield.

Jeremy Diamond, Adele Shoko, Jasper Nathalien and Andrey X was among the journalists attacked. The CNN crews was compouned by Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, and Cyril Theophilos. The settlers then chased the vehicles and hit the armoured car with clubs before the crew called the army.

Police arrested four suspects the same day and said they found a knife and clubs in their car. The Foreign Press Association said it was the second settler attack on foreign journalists in Sinjil that month.

The only perpetrator whose name has been officially published is Yitzhak Yissachar Holtzman.

The immediate arrest of settlers is a rare occurrence. The White House meeting stressed the need for continued accountability.