U.S. lauds Israel for arresting 10 over West Bank settler violence as more attacks on Palestinians reported

October 19, 2026 / 9:56 AM EDT / CBS News

Tel Aviv — Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of 10 people suspected to have taken part in recent violent attacks on Palestinians, an American photojournalist and European diplomats in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The arrests come amid an avalanche of criticism, including from some senior U.S. officials, directed at Israel over repeated violent attacks by groups of mostly young Israeli settlers targeting Palestinians and others in the West Bank.

The announcement of the arrests came as more violence against Palestinians in the occupied territory was reported Monday.

Israeli police said officers working in conjunction with the Shin Bet domestic security and intelligence agency conducted a pre-dawn raid in the West Bank to locate individuals suspected of involvement in the violence and of violating a military commander's order declaring a closed military zone.

The arrests, dubbed Operation Olive Leaf by the police, came in the wake of multiple reported attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians as they worked on the annual olive harvest.

"Items linking the suspects to the alleged offenses were seized, and several vehicles were confiscated," the police said in a statement after the arrests.

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