Three Palestinians shot dead during settler rampage of West Bank village — PA health ministry

Three Palestinians were shot dead and seven more were injured during a settler rampage in the West Bank village of Kafr Malik near Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority health ministry reports.

Over 100 settlers took part in the attack that unfolded in the presence of Israeli soldiers, according to the Yesh Din rights group.

مستوطنون يهاجمون قرية كفر مالك في رام الله ويحرقون ممتلكات الفلسطينيين pic.twitter.com/9G3TvpHvhv

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Footage from Kafr Malik shows several homes and cars torched in the attack. Settlers also hurled stones at residents and property during the attack, according to witnesses who spoke to Palestinian media.

Another clip shows Israeli soldiers firing at Palestinians near the entrance to Kafr Malik.

لحظة إطلاق جنود الاحتلال الرصاص بشكل مباشر على الفلسطينيين أثناء تصديهم لهجوم المستوطنين على قرية كفر مالك، شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/t6vsOTjlSO

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“Under the auspices of government and military backing, settler violence in the West Bank continues and becomes more deadly by the day. This is what ethnic cleansing looks like,” the Yesh Din rights group says in a statement.

The IDF does not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident.

Settler attacks on Palestinians throughout the West Bank have been taking place on a near-daily basis with near impunity, in what has sparked mounting sanctions from Western governments.

The Biden administration led this effort, though US President Donald Trump reversed US sanctions on his first day in office.

European governments have kept them in place, though, and earlier this month, the UK took the unprecedented step of sanctioning Israeli ministers Bezalal Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, asserting that they have been providing tailwind for the settler attacks.

The head of the Israel Police’s West Bank division is currently under investigation for ignoring settler violence to curry favor in the eyes of Ben Gvir.