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Two Palestinian teenagers killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army

From Daily Maverick · () English

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Newswire Named sources Under investigation
  • Palestinian officials said two teenagers, aged 16 and 19, were killed in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah.
  • The Israeli military said troops entered the village to protect police officers and an Israeli civilian retrieving livestock, and that forces fired on people who threw stones.
  • The deaths came amid intensified settler violence in the occupied West Bank and a broader expansion of Israeli settlements and outposts.

Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 16 and 19, were killed in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah during an attack involving Israeli settler militants and army troops, according to the Palestinian health ministry and local officials.

The Israeli military said its forces had entered the village to provide security for police officers and an Israeli civilian who was trying to retrieve livestock. Troops fired on and struck what the military called "key instigators" of a "violent disturbance" in which people threw stones at the forces. The military said the incident was under investigation.

key instigators

· Israeli militaryThe military used the term to describe people it said troops fired on during the disturbance.

The attack followed a rise in violence by settler militants in the occupied West Bank. In August, settlers laid siege to Qusra village, an incident that drew international condemnation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has led a rapid expansion of settlements in the West Bank, which Israel captured in the 1967 war. Israel has established dozens of new settlements and settler outposts in the territory. Rights groups say the growing settler presence near Palestinian villages forms part of a wider effort to take more land from Palestinians, reducing the territory where Palestinians seek to establish a state.

violent disturbance

· Israeli militaryThe military’s description of the incident involving stone-throwing against its forces.
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