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6 Palestinians said injured, one shot in head, as settlers ransack W. Bank village after Israeli teen’s body found

13 April 2024, 4:24 pm 26 Edit
Settlers attack the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir in the West Bank on April 13, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
Settlers attack the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir in the West Bank on April 13, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

Six Palestinians were injured, one of them critically after being shot in the head, as Israeli settlers rampaged through the village of al-Mughayyir in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority official news outlet Wafa reports. This comes after the body of an Israeli teen was found nearby.

Footage from the town, 17 miles north of Ramallah, shows settlers opening fire in the direction of Palestinians, in addition to hurling stones at them.

Clashes between the groups have also reportedly broken out as local Palestinians seek to push out the settlers. It is unclear whether the IDF has arrived.

Wafa reports that the five other Palestinians injured, not including the sixth who was critically wounded in the head, had sustained gunshot wounds to their lower extremities.

Wafa says that settlers torched a home in al-Mughayyir as well as the firetruck that came to try and put out the blaze.

Wafa reports settlers also opened fire on the funeral procession of Jihad Abu Alia, who was killed when settlers rampaged the same village yesterday after 14-year-old Benjamin Achimeir went missing from a nearby illegal outpost.

His body was found earlier Saturday after he was killed in what the IDF calls a terror attack.

Settlers have reportedly invaded a number of other Palestinian villages throughout the West Bank, sparking clashes with locals. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 16 Palestinians were injured in those clashes near Ramallah and Nablus.

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