Palestinian shot dead during Israeli settler attack on occupied West Bank village

A Palestinian man was killed in a settler attack on a West Bank village, as former Israeli security officials warn of 'government sponsored' violence. | Contesto: cronaca

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A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Wednesday during an attack by Israeli settlers on the occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, according to local sources and Palestinian officials. The incident, which also left several others wounded, occurred as a group of armed settlers entered the village, leading to clashes and the fatal shooting. The Israeli military confirmed its forces were in the area but did not immediately comment on the circumstances of the death. The killing took place against a backdrop of escalating warnings from within Israel's own former security establishment. In a stark and unusual public statement, a group of ex-senior security officials, including former heads of the Shin Bet internal security agency and the national police, accused the current government of enabling what they termed "government sponsored Jewish terrorism." They warned that violent attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinian communities in the West Bank have spiraled out of control, with tacit or explicit support from parts of the governing coalition. This public condemnation from figures once at the heart of Israel's security apparatus highlights a profound internal crisis. The former officials argued that the state's failure to curb settler violence and, in some cases, the active protection offered by Israeli soldiers during such attacks, is eroding the rule of law and strategically damaging Israel's security and international standing. Their intervention frames the violence not as isolated criminal acts but as a systemic issue nurtured by political rhetoric and policy. The attack on al-Mughayyir fits a documented pattern of increasing settler violence in the West Bank since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. Palestinian communities report near-daily incidents of intimidation, property destruction, and physical assaults, often aimed at forcing them off their land to expand Israeli settlements. International law considers all settlements built on land occupied since 1967 to be illegal, though Israel disputes this. The violence has contributed to a surge in Palestinian casualties in the territory, which are now at their highest level in decades. The Israeli...

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