Palestinian officials say a deadly shooting incident in which four Palestinians and an Israeli were killed started when a group of settlers attacked the village of Tell.
Essam Saifi, a local leader in the Palestinian Fatah party from Tell, tells Reuters in a phone call that about 25 to 30 Israeli settlers initially attacked the eastern area of Tell and tried to break into two houses there.
The residents came out to confront them and the settlers opened fire, Saifi says.
Half an hour later, Saifi said, the Israelis returned and attacked the western part of the town, striking a minor with a weapon. This caused chaos, and then the Israeli military arrived and started shooting, along with the settlers, Saifi tells Reuters.
Settlers and the IDF say Palestinians attacked Israelis “hiking” in the area and that later one of them grabbed a weapon from a civilian security coordinator for the nearby Havat Gilad settlement and opened fire.
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