Israeli settlers kill one Palestinian, wound three in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says
The reported attack was said to have been carried out on Palestinian civilians in Bethlehem.
Israeli settlers shot dead one Palestinian and wounded three others in the West Bank's city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian health ministry said early on Tuesday.
Palestinian media site WAFA reported the number of wounded at 4, adding that the individuals have been taken to hospital and are now in stable condition.
The head of the Wadi Rahal Council, Hamdi Ziada told WAFA that the attacks were against civilian homes near a school for boys.
Khalil Ziada, 40 years old, from east Jerusalem, was named as the individual killed, Ynet reported.
The IDF said that it was looking into reports of a settler attack.
Settler violence in the West Bank
The IDF has begun investigating its forces’ actions during an incident of settler violence in the village of Jit, near Kalkilya, in which dozens of settlers burned cars and killed at least one person, N12 reported on last week.
Preliminary findings found that the IDF did not do enough to quell the violence.
Arrests have been made in relation to the Jit attack.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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