Key facts
- Nine of 10 suspects arrested for attacking a US journalist and European diplomats were released to house arrest.
- The investigation into the violent incidents is ongoing, with one suspect remaining in custody.
- Masked settlers attacked Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and diplomats from France, Belgium, and Poland.
- Israeli settlers have killed at least 30 Palestinians this year, according to the Palestinian Authority.
Nine of 10 suspects detained in connection with attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody and placed under house arrest, a law firm representing settlers said. The Israeli police confirmed that one suspect remained in custody and that the investigation into the violent incidents was ongoing.
Masked Israeli settlers were filmed last week assaulting Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine while she was covering a Palestinian olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. In a separate incident on Saturday, masked settlers attacked French, Belgian, and Polish diplomats and a French mayor in another part of the West Bank.
The arrests followed calls from the United States, Israel's closest ally, and European nations for Israel to crack down on settler violence. Rights groups noted that such arrests are rare and that many settler attacks go unpunished.