Palestinians bury four people killed in occupied West Bank clash with Israeli settlers

Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Tell on Saturday buried four men killed during a clash with Israeli settlers in the village the previous day, local officials said. "Families of the four martyrs held a common funeral early this morning, around 1am (22:00 GMT), but the army restricted who could attend and only about 30 people were able to be there," Walid Zidan, head of the Tell village council, said. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Watch moreSettler violence in the West Bank intensifies against Palestinians On Friday, about 20 Israelis from a nearby settlement entered the village and clashed with Palestinian residents of Tell defending their property, Zidan told AFP. A Palestinian villager seized an Israeli's weapon and shot one settler dead, leading an emergency response team from a nearby settlement to rush to the scene and more gunfire that left four Palestinians and a second Israeli dead, the Israeli military said. Israeli forces closed gates and checkpoints throughout the West Bank, severely obstructing movement, AFP journalists reported. By the time of the fu...