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2 Israelis arrested for disorderly conduct amid deadly settler attack on Palestinian West Bank town released to house arrest
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Two Israeli settlers who were arrested Friday afternoon during a deadly settler attack on a West Bank Palestinian town have been released to three days of house arrest, police say.
The two were part of a group of settlers that reportedly beat a Palestinian-American man to death and fatally shot another Palestinian resident last week in Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
The detained pair were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, a police spokesman tells The Times of Israel.
They were brought to the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court yesterday evening for an extension on their remand, upon which they were released to house arrest.
A family member of the slain Palestinian-American, 23-year-old Saif al-Din Musalat, told Haaretz that the assailants attacked residents with clubs. A pickup truck later arrived at the scene carrying more settlers, reportedly including two in army trousers who were armed with M16 assault rifles.
The Israel Defense Forces said violence flared after Palestinians threw rocks at a group of Israelis, lightly injuring two civilians. The ensuing “violent confrontation… included vandalism of Palestinian property, arson, physical clashes and rock hurling,” the IDF said.
A total of six suspects were arrested in connection to the incident — five Israelis and one Palestinian.
Only the Palestinian remains in detention.
The army detained two left-wing activists who have since been released.
An IDF reservist was also detained by police yesterday morning, but was released the same day after being interrogated by the Military Police.
According to a police spokesman, the reservist claimed to have fired into the air during the incident.
The Times of Israel Community.