The scores of Israeli settlers went on a
violent rampage in the northern West Bank, torching dozens of cars and homes
when two settlers were slain by a Palestinian gunman late Sunday.
In what appeared to be the greatest outburst
of settler violence in decades, one man was reported dead and four others had
serious injuries, according to Palestinian medical personnel.
According to authorities, Israelis from the
Har Bracha settlement went crazy after a Palestinian shooter on Sunday killed
two Israeli brothers as they were driving in the occupied West Bank.
The gunman "came to a junction and opened
firing towards an Israeli vehicle," according to the Israeli military. A
soldier participating in a programme for Jewish seminary students was one of
the dead.
The Palestinian strike, which occurred as
Israeli and Palestinian officials convened in Jordan to talk about reducing
tensions, received no immediate claims of responsibility.
Palestinians claimed that Zionists from the
adjoining Har Bracha settlement attacked Palestinian homes in Burin village
after the killing.
Social media posts on the town of Hawara,
which was the scene of a fatal shooting earlier in the day, showed massive
fires burning there and lighting up the sky.
One video showed throngs of Jewish settlers
gazing at a burning structure while performing the Jewish prayer for the dead.
A well-known Israeli Cabinet minister and settler leader had earlier urged
Israel to strike "without compassion."
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported late
Sunday that an Israeli settler shot and murdered a 37-year-old male. According
to the Palestinian Red Crescent medical service, a third person was stabbed,
two more individuals were shot and injured, and a fourth person was beaten with
an iron rod.