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- Murad Na’san, 20, hit in the chest during armed raid on the village of Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah
- 4 other people shot when settlers, accompanied by military forces, fired at civilians in a public park
LONDON: A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Tuesday during an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Amin Aby Alya, head of the local council, told the Wafa news agency that five people were injured by gunfire when armed settlers, accompanied by military forces, shot at civilians in a public park in a southeastern part of the village. One of them, Murad Na’san, 20, was shot in the chest and subsequently died.
Assaults by Israeli settlers in the West Bank have escalated since the start of the war in Gaza almost two years ago, including arson attacks on commercial property, the destruction of agricultural crops including olive trees, assaults on homes and stone-throwing, Wafa said.
Such incidents are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities, who have been expanding illegal settlements that now house about 1 million settlers.
At least 1,013 Palestinians were killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank between October 2023 and August this year, according to official Palestinian figures.