- Title: Mourners bid farewell to Palestinian killed by Jewish settlers in West Bank
- Date: 4th August 2023
- Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) PEOPLE CHANTING AND CARRYING BODY OF PALESTINIAN KILLED BY JEWISH SETTLERS AMBULANCE LEAVING PEOPLE CHANTING AT FUNERAL, CARRYING BODY OF PALESTINIAN KILLED COVERED ON STRETCHER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GOVERNOR OF RAMALLAH, LAILA GHANNAM, SAYING: "Today there was a real massacre in Burqa, they (settlers) burnt cars and the child
- Embargoed: 18th August 2023 21:04
- Keywords: Burqa village Israel Palestinian killed Palestinians Ramallah Settlers West Bank violence
- Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- City: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001238904082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Mourners bid farewell to a Palestinian who was shot dead by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank who attacked a local village on Friday (August 4).
Residents of Burqa said Israeli settlers entered their village, threw rocks and set fire to cars.
The Palestinian health Ministry said a 19-year-old died in the incident. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.
Washington has expressed concern over growing attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages in the West Bank, where violence has worsened since last year with stepped-up Israeli raids amid Palestinian street attacks on Israelis.
U.S.-brokered peace talks aimed at establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival.
Israel captured those territories in the 1967 war. Its settlements in the West Bank, where Palestinian have limited self-rule, are considered by most countries as illegal, a view that Israel disputes.
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