Three Palestinians were killed and seven were wounded next to Ramallah in the West Bank. According to Palestinian reports, the victims were shot by the IDF. Before the incident, it was reported that settlers set a car on fire in Kafr Malik near Ramallah and the nearby Taibe junction.

Open gallery view A car reportedly set on fire by settlers in Kafr Malik in the West Bank on Wednesday. Credit: Kafr Malik Council Local sources told Haaretz that dozens of settlers raided the Palestinian village, set cars and homes on fire, while village residents, along with Palestinians from the area, tried to fend them off. The sources added that IDF forces on the scene opened fire on the residents.

Local resident Jaafer Hamayel said that it was the Israeli army that killed the three Palestinians: "The settlers attacked and set on fire a house in the village, and the youth came outside to protect it. They set cars and houses on fire, and the army shot at us." "The settlers also fired handguns," he added, "but those who fired assault rifles with laser designators straight at the youth were the army."

Hamayel said that the settlers arrived at the village as it was grieving the death of 13-year-old Moataz Aamar Hamayel, who was killed by IDF fire on Monday. "Our children and our homes are in danger," he said. "They shot someone while he was at home, [the army] fired, and the settlers stood behind them."