‘We expect our sons to be killed,’ father of teen shot dead in West Bank tells BBC

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‘We expect our sons to be killed,’ father of teen shot dead in West Bank tells BBC

BBC World · 1 hour ago

Two Palestinian teenagers, Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia, have been buried after being shot dead this week when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, south of Nablus. The deaths, which occurred amid near-daily settler attacks on the village, highlight the escalating violence facing Palestinian communities in the occupied territory, with Omar's father telling the BBC that families now expect their sons to return home injured or dead.

Israel's military said it had fired on "instigators of a violent riot" and that the incident is under review, while offering no further detail on the circumstances of the shootings. According to the United Nations, more than 80 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year, underscoring the scale of the ongoing violence in the region.

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  • Victim's father says families expect sons to be killed or injured
  • UN says over 80 Palestinians killed in West Bank this year

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