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Israeli settler kills Palestinian in West Bank: Ministry

Israeli settler kills Palestinian in West Bank: Ministry

NABLUS: One Palestinian was killed on Saturday by an Israeli settler near the northern city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.Bilal Abu Salah, 40, was “shot in the chest by a settler” in the village of Sawiya near Nablus, a ministry statement said.Sawiya mayor Mahmud Hassan told AFP Abu Salah was killed while he was harvesting olives with other members of his family in their fields located not far from the security fence around Rechelim settlement.“They were attacked by four settlers, and one of them who was armed with an M16 rifle opened fire at them without warning,“ Hassan said.“Abu Salah was hit in the chest and was martyred in front of his family and children.”The Israeli army did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.Violence has surged in the West Bank in parallel with Israel's war with Gaza's Hamas rulers that began on October 7 when militants surged across the border, killing at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, in th

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