Israel arrests 10 suspects amid US call to curb West Bank settler violence

Israeli police said they arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the occupied West Bank, according to an account published by The Independent. The United States has called on Israel to crack down on settler violence in the West Bank, an appeal for tougher enforcement against attacks in the territory, according to Reuters.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have been involved in at least 170 attacks on Palestinians since September 27, according to the American account described by Reuters. Belgium's foreign ministry said Israeli settlers attacked people in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, October 17. The ministry said Palestinian civilians were among those attacked in that incident.

The ministry said European diplomats, officials posted abroad to represent their governments, were attacked in the same incident in the occupied West Bank. It said a French mayor was attacked in the incident, in an account reported by Reuters. Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives in the village of Abu Falah in the occupied West Bank. That attack in Abu Falah took place on Friday, October 16, according to Reuters.