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Two Palestinian Teens Killed in West Bank Village Raid
Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in a village in the West Bank.
Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked the village.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the victims were 16 and 19 years old.
The Israeli military gave a different explanation.
It said soldiers were there to protect police officers and an Israeli civilian who wanted to retrieve livestock.
The military said some people threw stones and that troops fired at people it called key instigators.
The military said the incident is being investigated.
The deaths happened during a period of increased violence involving Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
Two Palestinian youths, aged 16 and 19, were killed in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah.
Palestinian officials said Israeli settler militants and army troops attacked the village.
The Israeli military said its forces entered to provide security during a livestock-retrieval effort.
The military said troops fired on and struck key instigators during a disturbance involving stone throwing.
The incident occurred amid intensified settler violence and expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- Who
- Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 16 and 19, were killed; Palestinian officials and the Israeli military gave differing accounts of the incident.
- What
- A raid or disturbance in which Israeli settler militants and Israeli forces were accused of attacking a village, while the military said troops responded to stone throwing.
- Where
- Al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
- When
- Wednesday, September 2.
- Why
- The Israeli military said forces were providing security for police officers and an Israeli civilian retrieving livestock; Palestinian officials described the event as an attack.
Palestinian Officials
Israeli Military
Description of the incident
Palestinian Officials
Palestinian officials described the event as an attack on al-Mughayyir by Israeli settler militants and army troops that killed two teenagers.
Israeli Military
The Israeli military said its forces entered the village to provide security during an effort to retrieve livestock and responded to a violent disturbance.
Use of force
Palestinian Officials
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two youths were killed, without the supplied report attributing a specific action to either soldiers or settlers.
Israeli Military
The military said troops fired on and struck key instigators after people threw stones at the forces.
Wider context
Palestinian Officials
Rights groups and Palestinian officials view increasing settler activity near Palestinian villages as part of efforts to take more land and undermine prospects for a Palestinian state.
Israeli Military
The supplied military statement focused on security duties and said the specific incident remained under investigation.
Key facts
- Victims
- Two Palestinian youths
- Ages
- 16 and 19
- Location
- Al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah, West Bank
- Palestinian account
- The youths were killed during an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops.
- Israeli military account
- Forces entered to provide security for police officers and an Israeli civilian retrieving livestock.
- Military justification
- Troops said people threw stones and that they fired on and struck key instigators.
- Investigation
- The Israeli military said the incident was under investigation.
Sources
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