Jeremy Diamond

Jeremy Diamond is a CNN correspondent. He is newsworthy because his CNN crew was recently assaulted by soldiers from the Israeli Netzah Yehuda battalion while reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The crew was documenting the aftermath of an attack by Israeli settlers and the construction of an illegal outpost when they were reportedly attacked and forcibly detained by the soldiers. Diamond reported on X (formerly Twitter) that soldiers assaulted a photographer. Following the incident, the Israeli military announced the suspension of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers that has been linked to abuses of Palestinians. This incident and the subsequent suspension are significant because they highlight concerns about soldier misconduct in the West Bank and the challenges faced by journalists reporting in the region.