Israeli police officials and the Shin Bet security service announced the arrest of three young Jewish men suspected of involvement in security offenses and crimes against Palestinians. But the police issued a court order prohibiting publication of details on the case and the identity of the detainees. Police sources said the arrest was carried out inside a religious school in a settlement in the northern West Bank, without revealing the name of the school or the charges attributed to the detainees, but emphasized that the accusations were “serious.” Meanwhile, the National Bureau for the Defense of Land issued a report stating that the “course of hatred and attacks on the Palestinian people continue and take a more dangerous curve following the formation of more organized and coordinated extremist groups in the West Bank.” The report said that according to Israeli information, settler attacks on Palestinians classified as hate crimes have increased by 60%, from the previous year of 2017. Data indicated that, in 2017, there were 79 cases of aggression, but 2018 recorded 127 cases, which means approximately one assault every three days, to include the puncturing of car tires, the uprooting of trees, racist slogans painted on walls, physical assault, killing and assaulting animals. According to the report, the attacks reached their peak when settlers fired live bullets at citizens’ homes and attacked citizens in different parts of the West Bank. In the past years, Palestinian areas have also witnessed attempts to burn families while sleeping, as happened to the Dawabsha family and the boy Mohammed Khudair.