IDF soldier who attacked TV film crew jailed for 28 days {edit}

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IDF soldier who attacked Channel 2 TV film crew jailed for 28 days

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

An Israel Defense Forces soldier who attacked a Channel 2 TV film crew was sentenced to Sunday to 28 days in jail. The soldier's platoon commander, who ignored the attack, was suspended from his post until the end of an investigation into the affair.

The incident took place Sunday afternoon adjacent to the West Bank settlement of Beit El, located near to Ramallah.

A patrol manned by soldiers from the Duchifat infantry battalion stopped its jeep alongside the Channel 2 crew, headed by reporter Dana Weiss, which was editing footage for a story it was preparing.

An argument broke out, during the course of which one of the patrol's soldiers attacked the team's Israeli Arab photographer Munis Zahalka. The soldier then subsequently cocked his assault rifle and aimed it at the journalists.

The platoon commander, who was present at the scene, refrained from intervening throughout the course of the entire incident.

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