Israel suspends battalion that detained CNN crew in West Bank
The Washington Post • • world
Key Points:
- The Israeli military suspended a battalion of reservist soldiers following the detention of a CNN crew in the West Bank village of Tayasir.
- CNN's Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond and his team were reporting on settler attacks on Palestinians when soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces’ Netzah Yehuda unit intervened.
- During the incident, a CNN photojournalist, Cyril Theophilos, was placed in a chokehold, brought to the ground, and had his camera damaged by a soldier.
- The CNN crew was detained for approximately two hours before being released.
