People mourn next to the bodies of three Palestinians killed in an Israeli settler attack, in Abu Falah town, northeast of Ramallah on March 8, 2026. AFP
The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli settlers shot dead Thaer Faruq Hamayel, 24, and Farea Jawdat Hamayel, 57, in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
In a post on X, Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the "brutal attack on innocent citizens", saying three were killed and seven others injured.
The Israeli occupation army said forces were dispatched to the Abu Falah area following a report of Palestinians being attacked by Israelis near homes.
"Later, it was reported that two Palestinians were killed as a result of gunfire. Additionally, it was reported that another Palestinian died from suffocation," it said in a statement.
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since Israel's genocidal war on Gaza started in October 2023. It has continued despite the ceasefire.
On Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry and a local mayor said terrorist Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded his brother in an attack on another West Bank village, Wadi al-Rakhim.
Mohammad Rabai, head of the nearby Tuwani village council, told AFP that settlers had entered homes in the area and attacked the family of 27-year-old Amir Mohammad Shnaran, who later died.
Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 1,043 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures.
* This story was edited by Ahram online.
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