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Israeli settlers and soldiers kill Palestinians in West Bank
The story so farPalestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, with the shooting occurring as settler violence has surged across the occupied territory. In a separate incident the same day, a 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed in Jenin by Israeli army gunfire. Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan, jointly condemned Israel's E1 settlement plan, calling it a 'direct challenge' to peace efforts including Trump's plan for postwar Gaza.
Still watching
- Does the condemnation of E1 by eight Muslim-majority countries represent a coordinated shift in their approach to Israeli settlement policy?
- How will Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan's condemnation of the E1 plan affect regional diplomacy, including the Trump administration's postwar Gaza plan?
- Will the killing of the Palestinian teenager — and the separate killing in Jenin — prompt any escalation in international diplomatic pressure on Israel?
- What were the specific divergent accounts offered by Palestinian and Israeli authorities regarding the circumstances of the teenager's killing?
- Will Israeli authorities open an investigation into the settler guard who shot and killed the 17-year-old Palestinian teenager, and will he face criminal charges?
- As settler attacks shift into areas under direct Palestinian Authority rule, how is the PA responding to protect residents in those zones?
How it developed
Israeli settlers and soldiers kill Palestinians in West Bank
- Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, with the shooting occurring as settler violence has surged across the occupied territory.
- In a separate incident the same day, a 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed in Jenin by Israeli army gunfire.
- Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan, jointly condemned Israel's E1 settlement plan, calling it a 'direct challenge' to peace efforts including Trump's plan for postwar Gaza.
Israeli settlers arson attack on Palestinian home in West Bank
- France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands jointly condemned Israel's decision to open construction tenders for the 'E1' settlement project in the occupied West Bank, calling the plan 'unacceptable' and warning of 'legal and reputational consequences' for those participating.
- The E1 development, which the UN has described as an 'existential threat' to a contiguous Palestinian state, would effectively divide the West Bank in two if built.
- Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home while a mother and her children were sleeping inside.
Israeli settlers establish new illegal outpost in occupied West Bank
- Pope Leo called for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, citing the surge of attacks by militant settlers and the siege in Qusra.
- The United Nations delivered humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian families in Qusra after Israeli settlers cut off their access to food, water, and electricity.
- Palestinian-American Loui Ridi is traveling from the United States to Qusra, where Israeli settlers have encircled his family's home.
Militant settler attacks on Qusra West Bank Palestinians
- Palestinian families in Qusra report they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant settlers for months prior to the current siege, providing broader context for the ongoing crisis in the village.
Israeli settler siege of Palestinian village Qusra
- The United States is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn the settler siege in Qusra, with France going further by calling for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible.
- IDF troops stood by and failed to protect Palestinian residents as settlers besieged homes in Qusra, with soldiers taking up positions inside Palestinian homes rather than removing the settlers.
- The siege in Qusra has lasted nearly a week, with two families still trapped and cut off from food and other supplies, while activists attempted to deliver aid to those besieged.
Israeli settler violence escalation in West Bank
- Israeli settlers besieged at least three Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, trapping families inside, with Israeli troops eventually moving in — though settlers resumed their encampment after soldiers initially removed a tent, underscoring the military's inability to maintain order.
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, typically seen as supportive of Israel, issued an unusually sharp condemnation, calling the settlers besieging a Palestinian-American family's home 'terrorists' and describing the violence as 'horrific.'
- Israeli troops forced two Palestinian families to leave their besieged homes in Qusra, with the village mayor reporting that soldiers were using some of the houses as barracks.
Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes Qusra West Bank
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