Police detained two more Israeli settlers suspected of assaulting four Arab Israeli women, including a three-year-old, in the West Bank outpost of Givat Ronen earlier this month.
The two suspects were detained yesterday, and are currently being questioned by police and the Shin Bet security agency.
Later today, police say, they will request to extend their detention amid the investigation.
Another suspect detained last week over the attack will also be brought for a remand hearing.
The victims, residents of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, were on their way to the West Bank city of Nablus.
They had accidentally driven into the outpost, in an area that has seen repeated clashes between extremist settlers and Palestinians.
The five were taken to Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva after being attacked by the settlers.
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