Israeli settlers march to illegal outpost; more Palestinians killed in fire
Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of 2023. Meanwhile, 16 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks on Israelis — all but one of them civilians, according to an Associated Press tally, as on April 7. Violence has surged in recent months in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amid near-daily Israeli arrest raids in Palestinian-controlled areas and a string of Palestinian attacks, reported AP.
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A Palestinian protester hurls a teargas canister back at Israeli soldiers during a protest in the village of Beita situated in the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on April 10 against a march by settlers to the nearby Israeli outpost of Eviatar.(Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
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Israeli settlers march towards the outpost of Eviatar, near the Palestinian village of Beita, situated in southern Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on April 10. ( Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP)
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People mourn at the funeral of British-Israeli sisters Rina and Maya Dee at the Kfar Etzion settlement cemetery in the occupied West Bank, on April 9. Two British-Israeli sisters were killed, and their mother seriously wounded in a West Bank shooting attack, on April 7. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian teenager Mohamed Fayez Balhan, a 15 year-old boy, out of a morgue in Jericho situated in the occupied West Bank on April 10, He was killed during a Israeli raid on the Aqabat Jaber camp. Palestinian health officials have reported the start of 2023 to be the most deadly for Palestinians in at least two decades, reported AP.(Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
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