New details on the 'diplomats attack' in Binyamin
More than 48 hours after reports of an attack on a French diplomat and foreign activists in the southern Hebron Hills, settlement sources are raising questions: partial footage filmed by left-wing activists, the absence of an official police complaint, and the identity of a participant—a former French mayor—whom the Yesha Council claims is associated with an anti-Israeli line. Meanwhile, police arrested 10 suspects.
More than 48 hours after reports of an alleged attack on diplomats and foreign activists in the southern Hebron Hills, questions are mounting around the incident. Settlement sources claim it was a planned provocation aimed at harming settlers and the State of Israel on the international stage, but no official determination has been made regarding the sequence of events. According to settlement sources, the diplomats and activists arrived in the area without prior coordination with security forces, and that uncoordinated arrival in a sensitive area could create deliberate friction. The footage published was filmed by activists identified with the far left and includes only short segments, and according to them, there is no clear physical violence against the diplomats. Another question mark concerns those who presented themselves as victims: according to claims, no official police complaint was filed, and those involved did not fully cooperate with evidence collection. It was also claimed that law enforcement was not allowed to inspect the vehicle that was reportedly damaged. The Yesha Council pointed to the identity of one participant, Braner Bodo, a former mayor in France, and claimed he is associated with a sharply anti-Israeli line. The council added that he previously referred to the pager operation as a "massacre" and a "war crime." These claims were presented by the Yesha Council, and it has not been determined that they are directly related to the incident. Meanwhile, police and Shin Bet arrested 10 suspects early in the morning at outposts in Binyamin as part of Operation "Olive Leaf," following the attack on Washington Post photographer Heidi Levin in the village of Abu Falah and foreign diplomats in the village of A-Taybeh. Police Commissioner Danny Levy stated that "the law in Judea and Samaria applies to everyone" and that the police operate solely on the basis of evidence.