An Israeli settler has been arrested on suspicion of participating in a violent attack on the West Bank Palestinian village of Qusra over the weekend, police announced Thursday.

He was the first to be arrested over Saturday’s attack, which saw dozens of Israeli settlers raid the village, take over a home with a family inside, and attack residents, including throwing stones at Palestinians and others.

The suspect, 19, from a settlement in the northern West Bank, was detained by officers following a joint investigation by the Israel Police and the Shin Bet security service, a statement said.

He was taken for questioning and was set to later be brought for a court hearing on extending his custody. His name was not immediately released for publication

No arrests were previously made, even though footage showed the faces of a number of those involved during the attack.

“The joint investigative team from the police and Shin Bet continues its efforts to collect evidence and gather testimony to locate and arrest everyone who took part in the serious incident,” the statement said.

The attack, which saw dozens of settlers descended on Qusra from a nearby hillside and occupy a Palestinian home there, was the latest in a string of assaults there. The village was besieged by settlers in recent weeks, amid a months-long surge in settler violence. Saturday’s attack, in addition to an attack on a crew of journalists in the nearby Palestinian town of Jalud, drew international condemnation.

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned the attack, though Netanyahu attributed it to a “handful of rioters” who don’t represent the settler community.

Herzog insisted that Israeli authorities are taking rampant settler violence seriously, after he was pushed on the topic during a CNN interview on Wednesday.

He called the perpetrators “juvenile........

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