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Monday, August 12, 2024
Two settlers detained on suspicion of assaulting Arab Israeli women and child in West Bank outpost
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Police detained two Israeli settlers suspected of assaulting four Arab Israeli women and a three-year-old girl in the West Bank outpost of Givat Ronen on Friday.
Police and the Shin Bet say in a joint statement that during the “grave attack,” the suspects hurled stones at the victims, made threats with weapons, and set fire to their car.
The two suspects were detained earlier today, and are currently being questioned.
Tomorrow, police say, they will request to extend their detention amid the investigation.
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.
