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Security Video Shows Masked Men Beating Palestinian at West Bank Nursery as Israeli Forces Detain Three Suspects

The public release of the footage has put policing of settler violence under renewed scrutiny.

Overview

  • Security-camera footage published by the Associated Press shows men dressed in black kicking and striking a man at a plant nursery in Deir Sharaf.
  • Witnesses identified the victim as 67-year-old Basim Saleh Yassin, who is deaf and hospitalized with broken bones and other injuries.
  • Four vehicles at the German-Palestinian business were burned during the Jan. 8 assault, which owners say is the third attack on the site in a year.
  • The Israeli army says soldiers detained three suspects near the Shavei Shomron junction and transferred them to police for questioning.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attackers as “a handful of extremists,” while rights groups say such violence is widespread across the West Bank.