Israel indicts settler in rare charge over Palestinian activist’s killing

Awdah Hathaleen, who worked on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was killed last July in occupied West Bank.

An Israeli settler filmed shooting a bystander in the West Bank is being charged with murder, the first such indictment since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. Yinon Levi, an infamous Israeli activist sanctioned by multiple countries for violent actions against West Bank inhabitants, was indicted Thursday for the ki

It was the first such indictment since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023

Prosecutors charged an Israeli settler in the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, the first such indictment since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023, activists say.

AFP journalists in remote Khirbet al-Tuba saw buildings blackened by fire and smoke.

It is the first case of its kind in more than seven years amid a rise in settler violence in the West Bank.

Israel charges settler in Palestinian activist's killing, in rare indictment  Reuters

Israeli settlers attack West Bank Palestinian community, burn homes Israeli settlers attacked a small Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, injuring people, destroying homes and smashing their power source, the military and residents said Thursday, in the latest in a spate of violent confrontations. AF

By Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank - the first indictment of a settler in a Palestinian's death in nearly three years. In an indictment filed by the State Attorney's

Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank in rare prosecution  CNN

The IDF and police are investigating a suspected arson attack on Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Tuba. Several people were reportedly injured, and suspects fled the scene.

Six injured, including four children, as settlers torch West Bank homes  Haaretz