Israeli Settlers Graffiti, Set Fire to Mosque in Central West Bank

Here are Thursday’s key updates from Israel, Gaza and the Middle East:

■ The IDF said it was investigating after two Border Policemen were filmed seemingly killing two Palestinian suspects who were lying on the ground.

■ A 14-year-old autistic teenager, who was sexually assaulted during his six-week detention over alleged security offenses, will be released to house arrest.

■ The IDF struck Hezbollah operation sites across southern Lebanon, it said.

■ Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque, north of the West Bank village of Biddya on Wednesday night, according to Palestinian news reports.

■ The Knesset’s Defense Committee chairman published a draft of a controversial bill on ultra-Orthodox Jews’ exemptions from military service.

■ France urged Israeli authorities to guarantee the security of its consulate after Israeli politicians confronted a staff member there.

■ The Israeli military apprehended a group of Israeli settler activists who crossed into Syrian territory and handed them over to police.

■ Five Palestinian prisoners, including the daughter of a health official, were brought back to Gaza from Israel.

■ The IDF said it killed more than 370 people and launched 1,200 strikes in the past year, since Israel signed a cease-fire agreement with Lebanon.

■ France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom called on Israel to abide by international law in the West Bank and Gaza

■ Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad, has agents in Iran, its former director said at a security conference.