Israel frees from custody almost all suspects in two settler attacks, puts them under house arrest

AI Summary

Nine of ten suspects arrested over two attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been released from custody and placed under house arrest, according to their lawyers. The attacks targeted a U.S. journalist covering an olive harvest and a group of European diplomats and a French mayor.

JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Nine of the 10 suspects arrested in an investigation into militant settler attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody and placed under house arrest, a law firm that represents settlers said. Masked Israeli settlers were filmed last week assaulting Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was covering a Palestinian olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. French, Belgian and Polish diplomats and a French mayor ⁠were attacked by masked settlers in another part of the West Bank on Saturday.