Honenu says nine of 10 West Bank violence suspects are under house arrest; police say one remains in custody, while Reuters reported that the probe covers attacks on a U.S. journalist and European diplomats.
In a statement late Oct. 21, Honenu said a Jerusalem court directed nine detainees to stay at home. Israel Police said one person remained in custody as the investigation continued.
Police said the 10 arrests took place at multiple sites in the Binyamin area on Oct. 19, amid suspicions over weekend violence. The Oct. 19 arrest announcement did not say whether any detainee was linked to Levine’s assault.
Reuters reported that masked settlers attacked diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland, as well as a French mayor, elsewhere in the West Bank on Saturday. Reuters said Heidi Levine, a photojournalist for The Washington Post, was hurt the prior week while reporting on the Palestinian olive harvest in the occupied West Bank; it reported she received hospital treatment and had surgery on a finger.
Yesh Din, an Israeli rights group, counted 125 cases of physical violence against Palestinian olive harvesters across the season’s first 24 days. Yonatan Kanonich, the group’s head of research, said that in most attacks against Palestinians, “no arrests are made at all.”
The Palestinian Authority says settlers have killed at least 30 Palestinians this year.
