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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Israel jails soldier who assaulted palestinian during us media interview - Caught on Camera

Israeli Border police officers secure the scene where a suspected ramming attack took place in Jerusalem, February 10, 2023. (Reuters)

Israel's military on Monday jailed for 10 days a soldier who assaulted a Palestinian activist as he was speaking to a US journalist, but gave an account of the incident that was disputed by the interviewer.

The incident in Hebron also set off an internal Israeli flap, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir - one of several hundred hardline Jewish settlers living in the flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank - voicing full support for the soldier.

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