Israeli settlers overran a West Bank village, killing 1 person and injuring 25

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JERUSALEM – Dozens of angry Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and burning homes and cars. According to Palestinian health officials, one Palestinian was killed and 25 others were wounded in the terrorist attack.

The violence was the latest outbreak of war in the West Bank's Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli human rights organization, settlers are searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement. After the attack, Israeli forces said they were still searching for the teenager.

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The killing followed an overnight Israeli raid that killed two Palestinians, including a Hamas militant, during clashes with Israeli forces.

Palestinian health officials say more than 460 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the war began in October.

According to the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din, settlers stormed the village of al-Mughayir on Friday evening and searched for an Israeli boy. The group said the settlers were shooting and burning houses in the village.

Videos posted to X by the rights group showed black clouds of smoke rising from burning cars as gunshots rang out. The picture released by the group shows a group of masked settlers.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that one man was brought to the hospital dead, and 25 people were injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said eight of the wounded were shot by settlers.

The Israeli army said it was searching for a 14-year-old boy, when forces opened fire when Palestinians threw stones at soldiers. Also, the soldiers cleared the Israeli settlers from the village.

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“At this time, the violent riots have been dispersed and there are no Israeli civilians in the city,” the statement said.

US officials, including President Joe Biden, have repeatedly expressed concern about increased Palestinian violence against settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel's war with the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Human rights activists have long accused the military of failing to stop settler violence or punish soldiers for wrongdoing.

Two Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank on Friday morning, according to Palestinian doctors and the military. Hamas said one of the dead was a local commander.

The military said the target of the soldiers' raid was a local Hamas commander, Mohammed Daraghmeh. It said that Daraghme was killed in a shootout with Israeli soldiers who found weapons in his car. The army claimed that Daraghme had planned to attack Israeli targets, but did not provide any evidence. The attackers also threw explosives at the soldiers.

The Israel-Hamas war began on October 7 when Hamas invaded southern Israel in a surprise attack killing 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians. The militants took about 250 hostages and took them to Gaza.

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Israel said on Friday it had opened a new crossing for heavily damaged trucks into northern Gaza as it stepped up aid deliveries to the besieged enclave. However, the United Nations says that the increase in aid in Gaza will not be felt due to ongoing distribution challenges.

Six months of fighting in Gaza have plunged the tiny Palestinian territory into a humanitarian crisis, leaving more than 1 million people on the brink of starvation.

Israeli bombing and ground attacks in Gaza have killed more than 33,600 Palestinians and injured more than 76,200, the Ministry of Health said. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its report, but says two-thirds of the dead are women and children.

Israel claims to have killed more than 12,000 militants during the war, but has provided no evidence to support this claim.

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