Crime & Justice
Israeli Court Releases Most Settler Suspects in West Bank Attacks on Journalist, Diplomats
October 23, 2026 at 04:56 AM
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2 reports · over 10 hours
An Israeli court has freed nine of ten settlers arrested over attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats, with one suspect still held.
- An Israeli court ordered nine of the ten suspects released under house arrest Wednesday; police said one remained in custody and the investigation continues.
- Heidi Levine sustained a broken rib, vertebra and finger injury requiring surgery; she denied Prime Minister Netanyahu's claim that her attackers helped her to her feet.
- UN chief Antonio Guterres said the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is "out of control" and urged a credible path toward lasting peace.
- The Palestinian commission documented 17 olive-harvest attacks on farmers; Ali Hassan Bazzari died of settler gunfire on October 7.
