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Saturday, August 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Cops deny ‘false’ reports they refused to arrest settler detained by IDF, say they’ve since done so
Police deny as “false” reports that they refused to arrest a settler detained by IDF troops on suspicion of readying to attack a Palestinian village, claiming the force was never informed of the matter.
“It was only after your query that police knew about the incident,” police say in a statement to Army Radio, adding that officers then immediately reached out to the local IDF battalion commander “and a patrol car was sent to pick up the detainee.”
According to Army Radio, the suspect was held at the front gate of an IDF base in the Itamar settlement for four hours until the cops arrived.
