One Palestinian killed, dozens wounded in settler attack on West Bank village

One Palestinian was shot dead and dozens were wounded in a large-scale attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on the village of al-Mughayyir in the central West Bank on Friday afternoon.

The attack, which lasted for hours, came after an Israeli teenager went missing from their settlement, with Israeli security forces and hundreds of volunteers forming a huge search party to look for him.

Around 1,500 Israeli settlers, many of whom armed, stormed the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, shooting at residents and setting houses and cars on fire, under the army's protection.

Kazem al-Hajj, one of the activists campaigning against Israeli settlements in the village, told Middle East Eye that the attack was the most horrific in recent years.

"As soon as the village residents heard of the settlers' attack, they tried to confront them by heading to the northern area. Jihad Abu Alia was one of them, but he was hit by settlers' bullets in the head and fell to the ground immediately," said Hajj.

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