One Palestinian killed as Israeli settlers attack West Bank village
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q0PF)
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Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, killing at least one person,in the latest deadly incident of settler violence amid surging tensions in the Palestinian territory.
The Palestinian health ministry said one man was killed and another critically wounded by Israeli settlers who opened fire during the Thursday night attack in the village of Jit, in the north of the West Bank, which is surrounded by Israeli settlements. .
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