Missing Israeli teen, 14, found dead in West Bank, says military
As Israeli forces searched for the teen overnight on Friday, Jewish settlers in the area entered a nearby Palestinian village and set houses and cars ablaze. One person was killed in that rampage, Palestinian doctors said, though it was unclear whether he was shot by Israeli forces or settlers.
Israeli troops delayed the ambulance carrying the body of the 26-year-old man for several hours, but it eventually got through.
Settlers blocked entrances to two more towns in the area on Saturday and threw stones at passing vehicles, Palestinian official news agency Wafa said.
Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian group fighting Israeli forces on a mission to crush its militants in Gaza, issued a statement on Saturday urging Palestinians in the West Bank to fight against what it described as “settler militias”.
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Humanitarian aid workers delivering food killed in Gaza in 'unintentional' air strike
Violence in the West Bank was already on the rise before the Gaza war broke out on October 7 with Hamas’ shock attack in southern Israel. It has since increased, with stepped-up Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks.
The West Bank is among the territories the Palestinians seek for a state. Most countries around the world view Israeli settlements there as illegal, a view that Israel disputes.