The Police Investigation Department requested to release the Shin Bet official to house arrest.
Earlier on Wednesday, Border Police officers arrested a 21-year-old Palestinian who hurled stones at security forces in the area.
Shin Bet: "At no point were journalists interrogated, were they required to provide testimony as part of the investigation."
The office staff told Walla that the police did not present a search warrant from a court, and thus, the staff claim, police acted unlawfully.
"The Israeli government's lack of will and ability to fight leads to this endless bloodshed on the streets," the Abraham Initiatives NGO said.
MK Ohad Tal urged the Knesset to probe the Shin Bet’s Jewish Department over alleged illegal detentions, bias, and abuse of suspects in the West Bank.
Lion's Den has been behind the killing of a number of Palestinians and claimed responsibility for several drive-by shootings in the Nablus area since 2022.
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