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IDF: Dozens of settlers, some masked, hurled stones at security forces in West Bank earlier today; 5 detained
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Dozens of settlers, some of them masked, hurled stones at Israeli troops and Border Police officers near the West Bank settlement of Itamar earlier today, the military says.
The IDF says troops and police officers dispersed the riot and detained five suspects. No injuries are reported.
“The IDF strongly condemns and denounces violence of any kind against the security forces and views incidents of this type very seriously,” the military adds.
אירוע אלימות נוסף נגד כוחות צה"ל: כוח צה"ל זיהה סמוך לשכם רכב פלסטיני שמתיישבים יהודים גנבו, והגיע כדי להחרים אותו. התפרעות אלימה החלה במקום – עשרות מתיישבים יידו אבנים לעבר הלוחמים, מתיישב הכה חייל באגרוף. מג"ב עצרו 5 יהודים@Doron_Kadosh pic.twitter.com/2dBTUEiQLf
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Last night, dozens of Israeli youths chased after the head of the IDF Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth in Hebron, calling him a “traitor.” Five suspects were also detained by police there.
Both incidents come after Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Friday an end to administrative detention orders for West Bank settlers, meaning Israel will now be using the controversial policy of holding suspects without charge only against Palestinian terror suspects.
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