Two killed in attack by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank, according to media

Two Palestinians They died this Monday in an attack by settlers Israelis in the north of West Bank occupied, according to the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa.

O Palestinian Red Crescent They tried to treat them, but the Israeli authorities prevented their teams from accessing the site, so they could not confirm their condition, a spokeswoman for the group told EFE.

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Their teams confirmed that the injured were in condition “critical”, but they were unable to serve them.

He Israeli army confirmed the death of two Palestinians after “a violent confrontation between Palestinian and Israeli citizens”, which originated after a“Palestinian suspect”attacked a Jewish pastor.

In a message, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) explained that the incident is being investigated by the Army and Police and that the two Palestinians were not killed by soldiers.

According to Wafa, a group of armed settlers attacked the city of Khirbet al Tawilsouth of the Palestinian city of Nablus.

The agency, citing eyewitnesses, said Israeli security forces prevented ambulance crews from accessing the injured.

In a message, the Islamic group Hamas He referred to the attack and asked “intensify and escalate all resistance actions” in the occupied West Bank in response to settler attacks in recent days.

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Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians has increased in recent days after authorities found the lifeless body of a 14-year-old Israeli boy, who the army said had been murdered by Palestinians.

On Saturday, after the body was found, ten villages in Occupied West Bank They were attacked by armed settlers, leaving more than a dozen Palestinians injured by gunfire.

The Israeli Army intensified its already frequent attacks on West Bank after the Hamas attack October 7th and since then, at least 464 Palestinians have died in altercations, mainly with troops but also with settlers.

Source: Elcomercio

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