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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, June 26, 2023
2nd off-duty soldier arrested for settler attack on West Bank village
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
Illustrative: Screenshot from a video of settlers firing at the West Bank village of Umm Safa on June 24, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
A second off-duty Israeli soldier is suspected of involvement in a settler attack Saturday on a Palestinian village in the West Bank.
He was detained by police and is being questioned by them, the Israel Defense Forces says.
Several dozen settlers rampaged through the village of Umm Safa on Saturday, setting vehicles and homes ablaze and opening fire, on the fifth day of vigilante attacks targeting Palestinian civilians after a Palestinian terror shooting on Tuesday in which four Israelis were killed outside the settlement of Eli.
Five other suspects were detained following the rioting, including another off-duty soldier.
