Israeli troops, settlers kill four Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers, backed by the regime’s forces, have killed another Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, bringing to four the number of Palestinians killed at the hands of Israelis in just 24 hours.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the 19-year-old Labib Dumaidi succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Friday as he was shot in the heart by an Israeli settler in Huwara Town, south of Nablus.

That came as settlers, backed by Israeli forces, launched a provocative raid on Huwara on Thursday evening, and performed Talmudic rituals near the scene of an alleged shooting attack on a settlers’ vehicle in the area.

The raid sparked clashes with Palestinians in which the Israeli troops used live ammunition, tear gas, and sound bombs against the protesters.

Dumaidi lost his life just hours after the Israeli military said that its forces shot dead another Palestinian during clashes that followed an alleged shooting attack that purportedly left one settler injured.

Earlier on Thursday, Hudhayfah Fares and Abd al-Rahman Atta were also killed during clashes with Israeli troops following an attack on a number of settlers’ vehicles in Tulkaram.