Israel Sends Settlers, Considers Halt On Prisoner Release After Soldiers Killed
Israel has given settlers a green light to take over a once-disputed building in a West Bank city after an IDF soldier was fatally wounded there by a sniper. There are calls to review a deal to release Palestinian prisoners essential for peace talks.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu gave an order to permit settlers to move into a building in the city of Hebron near the scene of the suspected Palestinian attack, saying "whoever tries to uproot us from the city of our fathers will achieve the opposite." The building was vacated by Israel in April 2012 after a dispute over its ownership.
The move was in response to the Sunday shooting of IDF Staff Sergeant Gal Kobi, 20, who received a gunshot while standing at a checkpoint near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a place of reverence for both Jewish and Muslims. He died in hospital hours later.
Following reports of the murder Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett demanded that the cabinet reviewed its commitment to release dozens of Palestinians as part of the ongoing peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
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