Israeli forces, illegal settlers kill four Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Four Palestinians were killed and three injured critically on Friday in an attack by Israeli forces and illegal settlers on the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

“The death toll in Tell, southwest of Nablus, has risen to four, with four others injured, three of them critically,” the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.

Local and security sources said illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the town and opened live fire toward two houses.

Meanwhile, an illegal Israeli settler was killed and three others injured on Friday in a shooting near Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military.

The Israeli army said it dispatched troops to the area near the illegal Havat Gilad settlement following what it called “an attack on Israelis hiking in the area” and besieged Nablus and the town of Tell.

It claimed that Palestinians had “seized a security officer’s weapon and opened fire on Israelis near Havat Gilad.”