Police officers had nose and hand broken in clash with settlers - and were shocked: "Ben Gvir arrived and ignored"
Three police officers were injured in a clash with settlers in Mitzpe Yericho, including a Yamam fighter with a broken nose and a patrol officer with a broken hand. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrived at the scene, but according to a police officer's testimony, he behaved aggressively and provocatively and ignored the wounded officers. No arrests have been made so far.
Three police officers were injured yesterday (Thursday) in a clash with settlers in Mitzpe Yericho, during a police operation to arrest a suspect who was driving a vehicle involved in an earlier assault that same day. Among the wounded: a Yamam fighter who suffered a broken nose and a patrol officer who broke his hand. During the incident, an undercover police vehicle was slashed with a knife. Despite the severity of the incident, no arrests have been made so far in connection with the assault on the officers, and the details of the incident have not been published by the police. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrived at the scene shortly after the clashes subsided. According to the testimony of a police officer present at the scene, the minister behaved aggressively and provocatively, blatantly ignored the police force, and turned toward the crowd. A senior official in the Judea and Samaria District harshly criticized: "Ben Gvir ignored the officers, walked around as if he owned the place to get credit from his audience." According to the officer, the officers were subjected to shouts of "you are Nazis" and threats of losing their jobs. The article notes that Ben Gvir usually expresses public support for police officers, but in this case refrained from expressing support for Border Police fighters who were injured this week in riots by extreme Jews in Kfar Jalud.