Six Palestinians Killed in West Bank Settler Clashes

At least six Palestinians have been killed in a series of violent clashes with Israeli settlers across the West Bank over the past week, Palestinian health officials reported, as regional tensions from Israel's war with Iran have drawn international focus away from the occupied territory.

The deadliest incident occurred early Sunday in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, about two miles south of the Israeli settlement of Shiloh in the northern West Bank. Witnesses described a raid by around 20 masked settlers wielding clubs, who set fire to olive trees and attempted to burn an agricultural structure. As residents emerged to confront them with lights and rocks, dozens more settlers arrived, some armed with guns. Thaer Farouq Hamayel, 24, and his cousin Farea Jawdat Hamayel, 57, were shot in the head and died at the scene, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and local medical staff. A third man, Muhammad Hassan Murra, 55, suffered cardiac arrest after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers who arrived to disperse the crowd and later succumbed to his injuries. The Israeli military confirmed it had responded to reports of the attack and stated that police had launched a...