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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank</h1>
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<span class="gmail-field gmail-field-author"><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/people/tamara-nassar">Tamara Nassar</a></span> -
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<p>Palestinians carry the body of Muntasir Zaaqiq killed a day earlier
in clashes with Israeli security forces, during his funeral in the Beit
Ummar village north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on 10 October.</p><small>
<span>APA images</span></small>
<p>With all eyes on Israel’s carpet bombing of the Gaza Strip since 7
October, Israeli settlers have been on a deadly spree in the occupied
West Bank with the help and protection of the Israeli army.</p>
<p>Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed at least 35 Palestinians in
the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Saturday, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid02kvZUkRUkoSqr6stYizqjzfuTg8Fjfz2ZJoA2NPjf5P5gNG4dus2UnnYc64Ha36nal">according</a> to the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry.</p>
<p>At least five of those were killed by settlers, the UN monitoring group OCHA <a href="https://ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-6">reported</a>, and at least <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_settlers_soldiers_fatally_shoot_17_year_old_palestinian_boy">seven</a> were <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_shoot_kill_16_year_old_palestinian_boy_near_hebron">children</a>.</p>
<p>Israeli forces have injured hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank, many of them children.</p>
<p>Soldiers have been firing huge quantities of rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinians.</p>
<p>“Over 35 percent of all injuries were shot with live ammunition,” OCHA <a href="https://ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-6">reported</a>. Some Palestinians have been physically assaulted, the group said.</p>
<p>The Israeli authorities are also imposing severe movement restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Israel has shuttered several checkpoints and blocked entrances to towns and villages for the fifth consecutive day.</p>
<p>Israel also closed all checkpoints segregating the Hebron H2 area,
which comprises 20 percent of the city and is under full Israeli
military control, from the rest of the city, effectively segregating and
impeding the movement of 7,000 Palestinians in the area.
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“In most major routes in the West Bank, the military allows travel only
for Israeli settlers,” Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, which
monitors settler violence in the occupied West Bank, stated.
<p>Palestinian access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem has also been restricted for the fifth day in a row.</p>
<p>Israeli settlers have been on a deadly rampage in the West Bank with the help and protection of Israeli soldiers.</p>
<p>Israeli settlers are shooting at Palestinians, damaging their
property and trees in villages, on roads and in agricultural lands, Yesh
Din said.
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“There is evidence that soldiers are allowing the violence to continue, sometimes joining in,” the human rights group said.
<p>“Settlers are utilizing the fact that public attention is focused
elsewhere to continue to remove Palestinians from their land and take it
over, and add fuel to the fire of violence,” B’Tselem – another Israeli
human rights group – said on Wednesday.
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<blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since
Saturday, settlers have been attacking Palestinian residents in many
parts of the West Bank. Settlers are utilising the fact that public
attention is focused elsewhere to continue to remove Palestinians from
their land and take it over, and add fuel to the fire of violence.</p>— B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) <a href="https://twitter.com/btselem/status/1712116925143158793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Thirty five Palestinian families – more than 200 people in all – began
leaving their homes in the Wadi al-Siq and al-Muarajat Bedouin
communities, “following systematic harassment and attacks by Israeli
settlers, raising concern of a forcible transfer,” OCHA <a href="https://ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-6">said</a>.
<p>Israeli occupation forces said two Israeli officers were wounded in
an alleged shooting attack by a Palestinian outside the occupied Old
City of Jerusalem on Thursday. Israeli forces shot and killed the
Palestinian, who was identified as Khalid al-Muhtasib.</p>
<p>A picture of the makeshift Carlo submachine gun he allegedly used was shared by Israeli police:
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Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters near al-Muhtasib’s house following his killing, local media <a href="https://twitter.com/AlQastalps/status/1712554035281383826">reported</a>.
<p>On Thursday, Israeli forces killed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid02px3yBj6uf1UCi7ZUsAYXamuvM9rLrFsv4X7ekFmpYAni5ZEZZnUw3SVrwWhihP38l">Randa Abdallah Ajaj</a>, a 37-year-old woman from the town of Deir Jarir near Ramallah. Her picture was circulated by local media:
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<blockquote><p lang="ar" dir="rtl">ارتقاء السيدة رندة عجاج من دير جرير شرق رام الله متأثرة بإصابتها برصاص قوات الاحتلال مساء اليوم <a href="https://t.co/J2poIHS7B8">pic.twitter.com/J2poIHS7B8</a></p>— القسطل الاخباري | القدس (@AlQastalps) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlQastalps/status/1712548494454698394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The same day, Israeli occupation forces killed teenager Muhtadi Majid
Salem in the village of Jayyous near the northern city of Qalqilya, the
Palestinian Authority health ministry <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid03178a2v9FHCMYbxptcNPWyed6cRYxMQzqdG992PEUXrdfXvdyCqrvVYixWkEhtiBrl">said</a>.
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<blockquote><p lang="ar" dir="rtl">تغطية صحفية: "الفتى مهتدي ماجد سليم (١٧ عاماً) الذي ارتقى برصاص الاحتلال الحي في بلدة جيوس شمال قلقيلية". <a href="https://t.co/P8ctHaWl9L">pic.twitter.com/P8ctHaWl9L</a></p>— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1712565611769819236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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And in Nabi Elias, near Qalqilya, Israeli forces <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid02DCNSVUCHmnd9g33DgxYH2RPWpLdSa19uN9kQSdkcGXa2EbXqby8gx5kyoVxUm7pHl">shot dead</a> 22-year-old Samir Saeed Radwan.
<h2>Settlers attack funeral</h2>
<p>On Thursday morning, Israeli settlers attacked a funeral procession
of Palestinians who had been killed by Israeli fire the day before in
Qusra, a village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.</p>
<p>The settlers killed two people – a father and a son – at the funeral.</p>
<p>The men <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid0JMAosxQjPMVpZcvGDNJsX1zmmt889kJwoHdAJnW6nF8aoQ1wTooB4evGZsrb2k15l">killed</a> were Ibrahim Ahmad Wadi, 62, and his son Ahmad Ibrahim Wadi, 25.</p>
<p>They were attacked as the funeral procession passed through the villages of al-Sawiya and Luban al-Sharkiya near Nablus.</p>
<p>A picture of the father and his son was circulated by local media:
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<blockquote><p lang="ar" dir="rtl">مصادر
محلية: إبراهيم الوادي ونجله أحمد من بلدة قصرة جنوب نابلس، استشهدا جرّاء
هجوم المستوطنين على موكب تشييع شــهــداء قصرة الذين ارتقوا أمس، أثناء
مروره قرب بلدتي الساوية واللبن الشرقية. <a href="https://t.co/d0neGOWvLi">pic.twitter.com/d0neGOWvLi</a></p>— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1712402403599798339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Media
coverage: "The moment a Palestinian father and his son were brutally
massacred by Israeli settlers near the village of Sawiya, adjacent to
the Nablus-Ramallah road in the occupied West Bank, earlier today." <a href="https://t.co/CGvKVDXb99">pic.twitter.com/CGvKVDXb99</a></p>— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) <a href="https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1712497498923676157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli settlers the day before in the
same village of Qusra, and a fourth was killed by a soldier. One of the
killed Palestinians was identified as Hasan Odeh.
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<blockquote><p lang="ar" dir="rtl">تغطية
صحفية: "إلقاء نظرة الوداع على جثمان الشاب حسن عودة الذي ارتقى برفقة
ثلاثة شبان في مواجهات مع المستوطنين وجيش الاحتلال ببلدة قصرة". <a href="https://t.co/xeBskFDXOF">pic.twitter.com/xeBskFDXOF</a></p>— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1712148990676906456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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At least seven Israeli settlers, some masked, invaded the village of
Qusra on Wednesday with the protection of Israeli soldiers, and attacked
the home of a Palestinian family, a field investigation by Defense for
Children International - Palestine <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_settlers_soldiers_fatally_shoot_17_year_old_palestinian_boy">found</a>.
<p>Israeli settlers and soldiers fired “indiscriminately” at Palestinians who confronted the attackers, according to DCIP.</p>
<p>Israeli gunfire killed at least three Palestinians, including
17-year-old Obada Saed Abu Srour, who was shot in the back with the
bullet exiting his chest.
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<blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING:
17-year-old Obada Sa'ed Awad Abu Srour was fatally shot in the back as
Israeli settlers and soldiers fired upon Palestinians in the village of
Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank. It is not clear if the fatal
bullet was fired by an Israeli settler or soldier. <a href="https://t.co/tiSugTaNIM">pic.twitter.com/tiSugTaNIM</a></p>— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1712152320392282564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DCIP was unable to confirm whether the bullet was fired by an Israeli soldier or settler.
<p>The settlers came from the Israeli outpost of Esh Kodesh, which was <a href="https://maki.org.il/en/?p=27143">established</a> in the year 2000 on Palestinian land stolen from the nearby villages of Qusra and Jalud.</p>
<p>Israelis “illegally settled in occupied territory are armed by the
Israeli government as a matter of official policy,” said Ayed Abu
Eqtaish of DCIP.</p>
<p>“Israeli soldiers, police and private security staff not only protect
Israeli settler populations, but they also aid, abet and perpetrate
unlawful killings of Palestinians, including children.”</p>
<p>The Israeli army reportedly heard gunfire and saw the masked settlers
leaving the village in a motorized vehicle, according to an Israeli
“security” source who <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-11/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-health-ministry-3-palestinians-killed-in-west-bank-village-by-masked-settlers/0000018b-1f43-df31-a99f-7fc316c90000">spoke</a> to Tel Aviv daily <em>Haaretz</em>.</p>
<p>Footage shared by an Israeli journalist shows masked settlers shooting in multiple directions near Palestinian homes.
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<blockquote><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">יש
קבינט חירום. יש מלחמה בעזה. יש מתיחות שיא בצפון ויש גם 3 הרוגים ותשעה
פצועים מירי חי בקוסרא ליד שכם. במשרד הבריאות הפלסטיני מדווחים כי ההרוגים
מירי מתנחלים. <a href="https://t.co/JJglM9XGh2">pic.twitter.com/JJglM9XGh2</a></p>— Jack khoury.جاك خوري (@KhJacki) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhJacki/status/1712107232274370943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Israeli fire injured 12 additional Palestinians in the same settler
attack on Qusra. Settlers also set fire to property, Yesh Din said.
<p>The head of the village said settlers had attacked family houses with children inside, <em>Haaretz</em> reported.</p>
<p>Israeli occupation forces killed a 16-year-old teen in the town of
Bani Naim, east of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, on
Wednesday evening.</p>
<p>He was <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_shoot_kill_16_year_old_palestinian_boy_near_hebron">identified</a> as Munis Ribhi Zeidat by DCIP, and his picture was circulated on social media.
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<blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last
night around 8:15 pm, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mo'nes
Rebhi Mousa Zeidat in the Palestinian village of Bani Naim, east of
Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. <br>7 Palestinian children have been shot and killed in the occupied West Bank since Saturday. <a href="https://t.co/rAkGktNH7B">pic.twitter.com/rAkGktNH7B</a></p>— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1712453003842564407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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On 10 October, Israeli forces shot 31-year-old Muntasir Abd al-Hamid
Zaaqiq in the head in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. Zaaqiq previously
spent seven years in Israeli jails, <a href="https://wafa.ps/Pages/Details/80213">according</a> to the news agency WAFA.
<h2>Killing children</h2>
<p>In the early hours of 9 October, Israeli forces <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_shoot_and_kill_four_palestinian_boys_in_west_bank">shot</a>
a 17-year-old boy in the head with live ammunition at the Qalandiya
checkpoint, where Israel controls Palestinian movement between Ramallah
and Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Israeli forces exchanged fire with Palestinian youth, after which
Adam Amjad al-Julani and other young Palestinians threw stones at the
checkpoint.</p>
<p>The Israeli forces fired live ammunition at the group indiscriminately, striking Adam in the head and killing him instantly.</p>
<p>Israeli forces killed another teenager at the checkpoint the night
before. Yaser Thaer Kasba, 17, threw a Molotov cocktail towards a
military observation tower near the checkpoint.</p>
<p>Israeli forces shot him in the back as he fled from a distance of 100 meters.
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<blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Israeli
forces shot and killed four Palestinian boys across the occupied West
Bank on October 8 and 9: Yousef Nader Sulieman Idris, 16, Imad Jareh
Majed Adaily, 16 , Yaser Thaer Sami Kasba, 17, and Adam Amjad Fathi
Al-Juliani, 17. <a href="https://t.co/1wzCew9NVj">https://t.co/1wzCew9NVj</a> <a href="https://t.co/DmMLkINh30">pic.twitter.com/DmMLkINh30</a></p>— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1711415334702293354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In Beita village, south of the city of Nablus, Israeli forces killed Imad Jared Adaily, aged 16.
<p>Palestinian youth had confronted Israeli forces near a vegetable
market when Israeli forces fired live ammunition from a distance of 100
meters at Imad, hitting him between his chest and neck.</p>
<p>“He laid on the ground bleeding profusely for several minutes,”
according to DCIP, before he was transferred to the hospital and
pronounced dead.</p>
<p>A second teenager was killed by Israeli forces in Hebron the same
evening. Israeli forces fired heavily at a group of Palestinian youth
throwing stones, injuring Yousef Nader Idris in the chest and killing
him.</p>
<p>He was 16 years old.</p>
<p>Another Palestinian 18-year-old, Mahmoud Basem Ikhmais was <a href="https://pchrgaza.org/en/coinciding-with-full-scale-aggression-on-gaza-strip-5-palestinian-civilians-including-2-children-shot-dead-by-israeli-occupation-forces-in-west-bank/">killed</a>, in the same attack, <a href="https://pchrgaza.org/en/coinciding-with-full-scale-aggression-on-gaza-strip-5-palestinian-civilians-including-2-children-shot-dead-by-israeli-occupation-forces-in-west-bank/">according</a> to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.</p>
<p>On Saturday evening, Israeli forces <a href="https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_shoot_dead_12_year_old_palestinian_boy_in_qalqilya">shot</a> 12-year-old Ahmad Abd al-Nasir Rabi near the Eyal checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya.</p>
<p>Ahmad was with other Palestinian youths approaching the crossing when
an Israeli soldier shot the boy from a distance of 50 to 100 meters.
Ahmad was part of a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in
Gaza.</p>
<p>On Saturday, Palestinians in Ramallah organized a mass protest that
moved towards a checkpoint near the Beit El settlement, north of the
occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.</p>
<p>Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel
bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at Palestinians who had
set tires on fire, resulting in the death of Amr Yousef Abed, 19, PCHR
reported.</p>
<p>In the West Bank city of Jericho on Saturday, Israeli forces attacked
another protest, using live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets,
stun grenades and tear gas canisters. Israeli fire killed 22-year-old
Karam Naser al-Aydi.</p>
<p>As Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensifies, the West Bank remains on a cliff-edge.</p>
<p>More than 1,000 Palestinian workers from Gaza who work in Israel have, meanwhile, been <a href="https://ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-5">expelled</a> to the occupied West Bank.</p>
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