Police release video of masked settlers violently attacking troops

Police release a video of the mob of the masked settlers who violently attacked a Border Police patrol in an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank.

Two officers were injured when dozens of masked men from the hardline settlement of Yitzhar began hurling rocks at police officers.

תיעוד מיצהר: עשרות רעולי פנים מיידים אבנים לעבר לוחמי מג"ב • @OrHeller עם הדיווח המלא >> https://t.co/vXLf5EX83A pic.twitter.com/wRSBA28NCs

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Police in a statement say the settlers attacked security forces with “extreme violence,” that three of the assailants were arrested at the scene, and that more arrests would be made in the coming days.

A security official tells Channel 10 news the incident near Yitzhar today was “one of the most serious incidents of violence against security forces.”

“Recently, there have been a number of attacks against Palestinians in the area, and now violence is being directed at Border Police,” the unnamed official says. “We didn’t think we would ever get to this place, we were on a routine security patrol, not evicting a community… They are criminals.”