IDF arrests three Palestinian suspects related to attack on Jewish West Bank hikers
Following the attack, Israeli settlers started a fire in one of the village's homes, according to Army Radio, with a 65-year-old Palestinian evacuated due to smoke inhalation.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) apprehended three Palestinian suspects in connection with an attack on a group of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) settlers hiking in the West Bank on Friday, according to the Israeli news outlet Maariv. The military subsequently transferred the suspects to the Israel Police for questioning based on intelligence-led arrest operations.
Maariv reported that the attack involved the throwing of stones at the Jewish group after they entered a Palestinian village during an unauthorized hiking excursion. Some of the hikers sustained minor injuries, while an 18-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot by a civilian security coordinator from a nearby settlement. The IDF swiftly evacuated the injured Israelis, sustaining no casualties themselves.
In response to the attack, Israeli settlers set a fire in one of the Palestinian village's homes, resulting in the evacuation of a 65-year-old Palestinian who suffered smoke inhalation. The Palestinian village is situated approximately a few hundred meters away from an unauthorized settler outpost.
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