Two Palestinian brothers were killed on Monday by Israeli settler gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as settler violence surges in the territory and Israel intensifies its military presence there because of the erupting war across the region.
In a statement, the health ministry identified the victims as Mohammad and Faheem Mo’mar. Mohammad, 52, was shot in the head and Faheem, 48, was hit in the pelvis. The men were killed in their village of Qaryout, in the northern West Bank.
