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Israel arrests four settlers after attack on CNN team
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Israel arrests four settlers after attack on CNN team

From Die Presse · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Israeli police arrested four suspects in the West Bank after they allegedly damaged a vehicle carrying foreign journalists.
  • CNN reported that the suspects, identified as Israeli settlers, blocked the journalists' car with their own vehicle and attacked them with sticks, stones, and a knife.
  • The incident occurred near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, and follows a separate report by a US congressman about being detained by armed Israeli settlers.

Israeli police apprehended four individuals in the West Bank on Saturday, accusing them of damaging a vehicle occupied by foreign journalists. The US television network CNN described the incident as an attack by Israeli settlers on its team.

According to CNN, the journalists were reporting near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, when the confrontation occurred. "As the CNN team and other journalists prepared to depart, four settlers blocked the road with their car, attempting to prevent the vehicles from moving," CNN reported on its website. "The four settlers wielded wooden and metal rods, as well as stones. One settler brandished a knife and attempted to puncture the tires of the CNN vehicle."

As the CNN team and other journalists prepared to depart, four settlers blocked the road with their car, attempting to prevent the vehicles from moving. The four settlers wielded wooden and metal rods, as well as stones. One settler brandished a knife and attempted to puncture the tires of the CNN vehicle.

— CNNDescribing the attack on the CNN team and their vehicle.

The report added that the group later climbed onto another vehicle carrying journalists that was following the CNN car, smashing its windshield. Israeli police stated they had received a report of suspects blocking a vehicle with foreign journalists near Sinjil. Members of the Israeli army were dispatched to the scene, secured the journalists' departure, and provisionally detained four suspects believed to be involved.

Police later arrested the suspects, took the journalists' statements, and seized the suspects' vehicle. During the search, batons and a knife were confiscated, police further reported. Shortly before this incident, Democratic US Representative Ro Khanna from California stated he was "detained" by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the West Bank earlier in the week. "Israeli settlers, with M4 rifles made in the USA in hand, detained me and other US citizens on my trip to Palestine," Khanna declared on the online service X. "They made a big mistake."

Israeli settlers, with M4 rifles made in the USA in hand, detained me and other US citizens on my trip to Palestine. They made a big mistake.

— Ro KhannaUS Representative Ro Khanna describing his detention by armed Israeli settlers.
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Originally published by Die Presse in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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