Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged through Palestinian towns, torching cars, homes and killing a man, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis.
HUWARA, West Bank —
Some 60 settlers descended on Zatara, a village near Huwara, and shot Sameh al-Aqtash, 37, in the abdomen, said his nephew Fadi al-Aqtash. He died while the family tried to get him to a hospital because the Israeli military had blocked the road.
An Israeli military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the security situation, said that the army viewed the violent settlers as “terrorists” whose attacks had forced the redistribution of military forces as it undertook the manhunt for the Palestinian gunman, which is still underway.the events, saying that “these developments underscore the imperative to immediately de-escalate tensions in words and deeds.
Bezalel Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionist Party, the third-largest bloc in the coalition, said that he had “no idea” about the discussions at the “unnecessary conference” in Jordan, but that Israel would not agree to a settlement freeze, “even for one day.”. Last month, Ben Gvir, who has long been part of the extremist fringe of the settler movement, visited the Jerusalem holy site for a 13-minute tour, which spurred international condemnations accusing him of provoking unrest.
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