During a hearing today at the military court in Castina, the prosecution attempted to rescind the open detention status of the soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian assailant a week and a half ago. The prosecution presented an autopsy report which according to the prosecution, shows the cause of death to be gunfire from the soldier in question and not from the soldiers who neutralized the Palestinian attacker.

Meanwhile, the soldier’s attorney Ilan Katz responded by claiming that the prosecution was presenting “a one-sided picture that contradicts evidence and common sense.” Katz also referenced prior testimony from the soldier’s commander who said that the soldier was in shock.

Three Palestinians were arrested for involvement in a February shooting attack, announced the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, on Tuesday, April 5.

The suspects allegedly fired at passing Israeli vehicles near Iskaka, a Palestinian village in Samaria that neighbors Ariel, on February 5. No one was injured in the attack and the suspects were caught four days later.

The three suspects—members of the Abed Aruri family, from the Arura village north of Ramallah—are Abdallah Tayseer Abed Aruri, 30, Hamadah Saleh Abed Aruri, 30, and Saleh Sabari Abed Aruri, 23. None of the suspects has a prior history of terror activity.

The weapons used in the attack have been recovered and indictments will be issued soon, the Shin Bet said.

The Shin Bet also announced on Tuesday that it arrested Amad al-Huli, 26, near the security fence of the Samarian community of El Matan with a homemade firearm and a knife.

From the initial investigation it appears that al-Huli set out to commit a shooting attack in the Jewish community, but changed his mind and was caught while returning home. Investigators believe that al-Huri was primarily motivated by a dispute with his parents over his broken engagement. 

Israeli police and border police forces arrested 21 Palestinian terror suspects overnight throughout Judea and Samaria. Four of them are members of the Hamas terror organization, while the rest are suspected of involvement in violent riots and stone-throwing towards civilians and security forces.

An Israeli woman was lightly injured while driving near Huwwara in Samaria. Stones were pelted at her car by Palestinian terrorists, and the car window was smashed. The same car was hit by rocks one week ago, smashing a different window that has not yet been repaired.

The driver was hit by glass shrapnel and was treated at the scene before she was transported to Beilinson hospital in Petach Tikva.

A border police force has captured and arrested two suspected rock throwers.

Jewish residents arrived in the area shortly after the attack to demonstrate and block roads in protest of the insecurity experienced by Jewish drivers.

According to reports in Israeli media, Israeli and Turkish negotiation teams are set to meet on Thursday, April 7 at a European capital to discuss normalization between the countries.

An Israeli negotiations team headed by Netanyahu’s representative Yossi Ciechanover will meet a Turkish team headed by Director General of Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Feridun Sinirlioglu, the reports said.

Israeli-Turkish relations were severely damaged after the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010 that resulted in the death of nine Turks. Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Israel and expelled the Israeli ambassador over the incident, and has since demanded that Israel apologize for it, compensate the victims and lift the blockade over the Gaza Strip.