The father of an infant killed earlier this year by Palestinian gunmen in Hebron was arrested on suspicion of hitting an Israeli policeman, but was released after two hours, according to the Jerusalem Post. Hebron’s Jewish community issued a statement calling the arrest of Yitzhak Pass, father of Shalhevet Pass, “hard-hearted.”
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