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Beer Mug Attack Injures i24NEWS Cameraman in Belfast

8/16/2026

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Summary

Story summary

i24NEWS reporter Yonatan Raveh and cameraman Nadav Abbas were attacked in Belfast while filming a documentary on rising antisemitism.
A local man seized their camera, shouted “f*** Israel,” and threw a beer mug that cut Abbas’s head.
Bar security initially did nothing, then locked the journalists inside and called police.
Raveh said the crew left Belfast, returned to Israel for Abbas’s treatment, and noted it was their first physical attack.

History

Historical Context

Signed on 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement ended the Troubles—over 3,500 deaths since the late 1960s—and instituted power-sharing, police reform and cross-border institutions between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. An assault on journalists in Belfast now tests the agreement’s peace guarantees and the joint oversight pledged by the British and Irish governments.

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Story summary

i24NEWS reporter Yonatan Raveh and cameraman Nadav Abbas were attacked in Belfast while filming a documentary on rising antisemitism.
A local man seized their camera, shouted “f*** Israel,” and threw a beer mug that cut Abbas’s head.
Bar security initially did nothing, then locked the journalists inside and called police.
Raveh said the crew left Belfast, returned to Israel for Abbas’s treatment, and noted it was their first physical attack.

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