Settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, two injured, six detained

Israeli settlers killed 19-year-old Palestinian Bahaa Sami Amin Nathsheh in Kobar, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. The settlers opened fire at several Palestinians, wounding Nathsheh, who hailed from Kafr Aqab town near Jerusalem. Israeli forces arrived at the scene and prevented Palestinian medics from providing treatment to the casualty, Wafa reported, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Two Palestinians were injured by settlers in Yabrud, east of Ramallah, and Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from the occupied West Bank governorates of Jerusalem and Tubas, Wafa reported, citing Jerusalem Governorate and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society.

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