VIDEO / IDF soldier denies throwing stones at police during settler riots in Hebron
Givati soldier arrested after filmed taking part in clashes during evacuation of disputed Hebron house.
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10 Tags: Hebron Israel newsThe Israel Defense Forces Military Police is detaining a soldier from the elite Givati brigade on suspicion that he hurled stones at police officers and Palestinians in Hebron.
Video footage filmed during the evacuation of the House of Contention in the West Bank city about 10 days ago shows settlers throwing stones at Palestinians and at a Palestinian-owned house.
The footage also shows an Israeli soldier, believed by the military police to be Corporal Avraham Schneider, picking up stones and participating in the disturbance, instead of preventing it.
Schneider denies involvement in the stone-throwing, and claims not to have been there.
Schneider is currently awaiting a military court hearing.
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