Brutal Jewish settlers kill three Palestinian civilians

The article reports that Israeli settlers shot and killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over the weekend, amid a rising surge in violence since the outbreak of the war against Iran. A fourth Palestinian died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during one of the settler assaults. The first incident occurred on Saturday in the Wadi al-Rakhim area in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, when settlers opened fire at two brothers at close range. Middle East Eye reported that Amir Mohammad Shanaran was killed in the attack, while his brother was severely injured, according to Palestinian media. The two men were said to have been shot near their home by settlers from the nearby settlement of Susiya, built on Palestinian land. On Sunday morning, settlers attacked Palestinians in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, assaulting residents and opening fire. Two men identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as Thaer Farouq Hmayel (24) and Farea Jawdat Hamayel (57) were killed by gunfire. Another resident, Mohammad Hassan Marra, was also killed in the assault after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces. Medical sources said he arrived at a Ramallah hospital in a suspected heart attack. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, including three with gunshot wounds to the head, one with pelvic injuries, and another hit in the shoulder. Palestinian Vice-President Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the attack as a “major escalation of settler terrorism.” “We call on the international community to intervene immediately to protect innocent Palestinian civilians and to take serious punitive action,” Sheikh wrote on X. Hamas also mourned the deaths, saying they died while “facing a barbaric assault carried out by settlers,” and urged Palestinians to “step up confrontations and clashes” against Israeli forces and to drive out “settler aggression by all means available.”