Overview
- Jerusalem District Court Judge Hagit Mac Kalmanovitz on Thursday rejected a police appeal, leaving Fakhri Khatib free from house arrest.
- A day earlier, the Magistrate’s Court removed all restrictive conditions on Khatib, and the police challenge to that decision was dismissed.
- Khatib remains under criminal investigation on suspicions of causing death intentionally or through recklessness and of causing serious injury to a minor after an initial aggravated-murder designation was reduced.
- Police told the court that Khatib phoned the emergency center saying he was under attack, while his attorney argues he acted to save his life and labels the probe political.
- The fatal incident occurred on January 6 during a protest against the proposed Draft Law, with video showing a bus striking 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal and lightly injuring three others.