A Settler Accused of Killing a Palestinian Activist Is to Be Freed. Israel Still Holds the Body
UMM AL-KHAIR, WEST BANK, AUG 01 – An Israeli court released settler Yinon Levi to house arrest over the killing of activist Awdah Hathaleen amid ongoing military-imposed funeral restrictions, with 757 settler attacks documented this year.
- Israeli settler Yinon Levi was released from house arrest after a court ruling related to the shooting death of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair.
- The court accepted Levi's claim of self-defense but found insufficient evidence that his shots caused Hathaleen's death during a violent settler incursion into the village.
- Hathaleen, a 31-year-old peace activist and English teacher, was shot in the chest and died shortly after transfer to Soroka Hospital, while Levi had damaged property and threatened further violence.
- Israel's military holds Hathaleen's body, stating it will only release it if the family agrees to bury him in a nearby authorized cemetery, a condition the family rejects amid calls for unrestricted burial in Umm al-Khair.
- The incident intensified local tensions, with arrests of Palestinians following the incident and hunger strikes demanding the body’s return, highlighting ongoing disputes over settler violence and military restrictions.
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A settler accused of killing a Palestinian activist is to be freed. Israel still holds the body
An Israeli settler accused of killing a prominent Palestinian activist during a confrontation captured on video in the occupied West Bank will be released from house arrest.
The Israeli police released the Yinnon Levi column, accused of killing Palestinian activist and journalist Awdah Hathaleen, while the victim's family still struggling to recover the body to perform the funeral. Hathaleen, who helped produce Oscar's winner documentary No Other Land, was killed by shots on Tuesday night, in the middle of a confrontation between settlers and residents of the town of Umm al-Khair, in occupied Cisjordan.
Israel blocks funeral of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen
Three days after Palestinian peace activist Awdah Hathaleen, 31, was shot and killed by an Israeli settler during a violent incursion into his home village of Umm al-Khair in South Hebron, the settler has been released, and the Israeli military is now imposing restrictions on the funeral while refusing to release Hathaleen's body. The Israeli army claims the measures are necessary to prevent unrest, but the Hathaleen family has rejected the pret…
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