Police have arrested two additional individuals suspected of partaking in a settler attack last month on Khirbet Humsa, a Palestinian village in the West Bank.
The pair, Jerusalem residents aged 18 and 22, were caught while on the run, police say. They are suspected of having committed serious violent crimes, robbery, and indecent acts against village residents.
They are two of 15 suspects who have been arrested so far in connection to the attack, which took place in the northern Jordan Valley.
According to police, the attackers entered the village before dawn, restrained the residents, and beat them violently.
One of those attacked, 29-year-old Qusai Abu al-Kebash, told The New York Times that assailants stripped him, zip-tied his genitals, and paraded him around the village.
Police said in a March statement that rioters also damaged and stole villagers’ property, including a large number of sheep used as livestock. Several residents sustained injuries, including four who required medical treatment.
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