Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teenagers after settlers encircle village
Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continues
TL;DR
- Two Palestinian teenagers, Khalil Abu Alia (16) and Omar al-Nassan (19), were killed by Israelis in the village of al-Mughayyir.
- The killings occurred when settlers, escorted by Israeli police and military, entered the village to steal sheep.
- Israeli soldiers demolished all homes in the Palestinian community of Khirbet al-Taban, near Hebron, rendering 70 residents, including 28 children, homeless.
- Since October 2023, 66 Palestinian communities have been destroyed and nearly 5,000 people displaced in the West Bank.
- The article characterizes these actions as Israeli terror and ethnic cleansing, with illegal Israeli settlements expanding in areas where Palestinian communities are erased.