Palestinian ministry calls West Bank settler attack ‘organized state terrorism’

Palestinian ministry calls West Bank settler attack ‘organized state terrorism’
A Palestinian stands in his home the morning after it was torched in a rampage by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jit on Aug. 16, 2024. (AP)
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Updated 16 August 2024
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Palestinian ministry calls West Bank settler attack ‘organized state terrorism’

Palestinian ministry calls West Bank settler attack ‘organized state terrorism’
  • One person died of gunshots fired by settlers and another was seriously wounded during the unrest

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinian foreign ministry on Friday described a Jewish settler attack on Palestinians in a village of the Israeli-occupied West Bank as “organized state terrorism.”

The Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry said one person died of gunshots fired by settlers and another was seriously wounded during the unrest – which Israeli leaders condemned – on Thursday night in Jit, in the north of the Palestinian territory.