Israeli settlers set fire to the properties of Palestinian villagers in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, sparking confrontations and injuries between Palestinians and Israelis. The incident was triggered by the disappearance and killing of a 14-year-old Israeli teen in a 'terrorist attack.'
Smoke fills the sky after Israeli settlers set fire to the properties of Palestinian villagers in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Israel’s army says the body of a missing Israeli teen has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a “ terrorist attack .” The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked a large attack by settlers on the Palestinian village on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, Palestinian Jehad Abu Alia was killed and 25 others were wounded in the attack on al-Mughayyir village, Palestinian health officials said. On Saturday, Israeli troops delayed for several hours the ambulance carrying the 26-year-old man’s body for burial, witnesses said. In the nearby village of Douma, Israeli settlers set fire to around 15 homes and 10 farms, the head of the local village council, Slieman Dawabsheh, told The Associated Press, saying he had been there. “The army came but unfortunately, the army were protecting the settlers,” he said, asserting that it fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians trying to confront and expel them.
Tensions in the West Bank have been especially high since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on October 7, sparked by the Hamas attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and took 250 hostages. More than 33,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in Israel’s offensive, according to Gaza health officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the killing. “We will get to the murderers and their helpers as we do to anyone who harms the citizens of the state of Israel,” he said in a statement issued by his office.
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