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Israeli settler fatally shoots Palestinian in West Bank, health ministry says
At least three Palestinians were killed and several wounded in separate settler attacks this week amid rising West Bank violence, with 39 killed since October 2023, UN data shows.
- On Saturday, an Israeli settler shot dead Amir Mohammad Shnaran, a 27-year-old Palestinian, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
- Activists say settlers released livestock onto Palestinian-owned land in the Al-Rakhim area of Masafer Yatta, sparking clashes; settler violence has surged since the October 2023 war on Gaza.
- The Israeli military said a reservist soldier arrived after reports of a violent confrontation on Saturday, soldiers and police were dispatched, and the shooting is under investigation.
- The killing adds to documented spikes in settler violence as the third Palestinian death reported in the West Bank this week, UN data show more than 800 Palestinians displaced this year.
- Rights groups say Israeli authorities routinely fail to prosecute settlers, while the Palestinian Authority accused Israel of exploiting war to intensify attacks in Masafer Yatta.
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3 Palestinians killed in West Bank clash, bringing toll from week of violence to 6
Israeli Settler in IDF Uniform Fatally Shoots Palestinian in West Bank
Witnesses Said the Incident Followed a Confrontation Over Settlers Encroaching on Privately Owned Palestinian Land, Marking the Second Fatal Shooting Since Monday Involving Reservist Settlers. A Military Police Investigation Was Opened Into the Case
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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A 3rd Palestinian has been killed in the West Bank this week as violence surges
A Palestinian man is killed in the occupied West Bank after an Israeli reservist soldier opens fire, as violence keeps rising in the territory.
·United States
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