Israeli police on Thursday arrested five further residents of the Yitzhar settlement in the West Bank for allegedly attacking IDF soldiers and vandalizing army vehicles, Ha’aretz reports.
Two settlers were also arrested earlier this week for similar offences, bringing the total number to eight, including a 16-year-old who was detained for throwing rocks at police cars, according to Ha’aretz.
Israel Police's Judea and Samaria division and the Border Police detained suspects a week after the country’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned that “domestic terrorism” against the IDF will not be tolerated.
A recent UN report showed that so-called “price tag” Israeli attacks against Palestinians have quadrupled in the last eight years.
