Israeli police release settler who ran over Palestinian man during prayer Israeli police on Friday released the Israeli settler who deliberately ran over a Palestinian while he was praying in Ramallah, after briefly questioning him, Israeli media reported. Israeli police had announced on Thursday that they had arrested and questioned a reserve soldier after footage circulating online showed a man praying on the side of the road before the settler drove a vehicle over him, Haaretz said. The soldier was released and placed under house arrest for five days, the newspaper reported. Al Jazeera reported that the unnamed Palestinian man sustained injuries and bruises that required him to be admitted to the hospital.