Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn't stop it.

Source: Washington Post

Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn’t stop it.

A review of the deadliest settler attack in the West Bank since the war began shows how increasingly violent tactics have gone unpunished

By Nilo Tabrizy, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Meg Kelly, Hafez Abu Sabra and Shakked Auerbach
January 9, 2024 at 7:01 a.m. EST

The threats were sent via Facebook on Oct. 9 to residents of Qusra, a Palestinian community in the Israeli-occupied West Bank: “To all the rats in the sewers of Qusra village we are waiting for you and we will have no mercy. The day of revenge is coming.”

Two days later, on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, a group of masked and armed Israeli settlers struck the village in what would be the deadliest attack by settlers in the West Bank since the Israel-Gaza war began three months ago, according to data collected by Yesh Din, an Israeli rights organization that closely monitors the settlements.

A Washington Post review of exclusive visuals of the attack, medical records and interviews with witnesses and first responders reveals that one of the Palestinians killed, 17-year-old Obada Saed Abu Srour, was shot in the back by settlers, probably as he was running from gunfire.

Israeli troops, meanwhile, did not forcefully intervene, despite their obligation under international and Israeli law to protect all residents of the West Bank, including Palestinians. Soldiers and police were photographed at the scene of the deaths only after the attack ended, even though troops stationed at nearby military outposts were within earshot of the gunfire and had views of an earlier attack by settlers, the visual evidence shows.

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Original WaPo link (paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/01/09/israel-settler-violence-qusra-west-bank/