Israeli Settlers, Troops Kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank as 107 Communities Face Displacement
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 21
Israeli Settlers, Troops Kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank as 107 Communities Face Displacement
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 21
Summary
Two Palestinians were killed Friday in separate West Bank incidents: 17-year-old Karim Sanad Shalaldeh died after settlers shot him in Hebron, and 58-year-old former colonel Fathi Khazem was shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin.
Hebron residents said armed settlers opened fire in Khirbet Hamroush and set homes ablaze, wounding a 70-year-old man, while the Israeli army said Khazem tried to stab troops during a raid on his home.
Jenin violence continued after the killing: medics treated a 14-year-old boy shot in the chest and back during a nearby raid, and Israeli forces arrested six people in a separate operation.
In Qusra, settlers backed by Israeli forces have besieged three Palestinian homes for 13 days, with families cut off from food and medicine and one house turned into a military post.
Human Rights Watch said Thursday that settler violence has fully or partly displaced 107 Palestinian communities since January 2023, as seven countries condemned Israeli tenders for more than 1,200 housing units in the E1 project.
Will international bodies finally impose targeted sanctions after rights groups exposed the state-funded machinery behind the recent surge in settler violence?
As besieged families starve in Qusra, what hidden motives are driving the relentless expansion of closed military zones across the West Bank?
With hundreds of outposts legalized by 2026, is the controversial E1 settlement plan the final strike against a future Palestinian state?