Village set ablaze in West Bank - as Israeli settlers torch homes with families inside
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Israel's prime minister and the White House condemn the attack - with Benjamin Netanyahu saying he views it with the "utmost severity".

At least one Palestinian has been killed after dozens of Israeli settlers, some wearing masks, attacked a village in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s military said petrol bombs and rocks were thrown at buildings and vehicles and that it used “riot dispersal means” to end the violence.

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    It said one Israeli had been arrested after police and army units intervened in Thursday’s attack.

    The Palestinian health ministry reported one person had been killed and another wounded by settlers’ gunfire.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House both condemned the attack.

    More than 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

    Israel accuses Iran of sending money into the West Bank to incite further violence against Israelis.

    It also gave approval earlier this year for 3,400 new settlement homes to be built, even though they are illegal under international law.

    Attackers emboldened by government extremists

    • Dominic Waghorn - Diplomatic editor | International affairs editor

    The IDF says it’s investigating but in reality these attackers can act with impunity, very few are ever brought to justice.

    They claim all of the land occupied by Israel as Jewish by divine right. They want the war in Gaza to go on and the Strip to be reoccupied.