Israeli settlers raid West Bank town

26/6/2025 6:19

Dozens of

Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian West Bank town on

Wednesday, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli

forces killing three Palestinians, the Israeli military and

Palestinian authorities said.



Three Palestinians were killed and seven wounded in the

violence in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, the Palestinian

health ministry said.



An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set

fire to property, and military and police forces were dispatched

to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that

included an exchange of stone-throwing.



The military statement said several Palestinians opened fire

and hurled rocks at the forces, who returned the fire. Five

Israeli suspects were arrested. An Israeli army officer was

lightly wounded.



Video footage showed at least two cars had been set ablaze.

Reuters could not independently verify the video.



Hussein al-Sheikh, the deputy to Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas, posted on X: "The government of Israel, with its

behaviour and decisions, is pushing the region to explode."



"We call on the international community to intervene

urgently to protect our Palestinian people," he said.



Earlier on Wednesday a Palestinian boy was shot dead by the

Israeli army during a raid on Al-Yamun, a West Bank town west of

Jenin, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.