Heidi Levine undergoes surgery on 'nearly detached' finger, daughter says

Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, has undergone surgery on her finger, which was nearly detached from her hand during the attack, her daughter has said. Ashley Milner told The Associated Press that Levine also has a broken rib and multiple broken vertebrae as well as lacerations. Speaking from her hospital bed on Friday, Levine recounted how the settlers kept kicking her after knocking her down and recalled how her son would often tell her that his biggest fear has been that his mother "would be killed by settlers". “I was attacked, pushed to the ground. Luckily I had my flak jacket and helmet, otherwise I probably wouldn’t even be here, because they just kept kicking me and kicking me.”