West Bank: Israeli settler and soldier kill Palestinians in two unrelated attacks

An Israeli settler shot and killed a Palestinian in the West Bank on Wednesday, while the army confirmed an off-duty soldier shot a Palestinian who was throwing rocks, AFP reported on Wednesday. 

Thameen Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, 35, was killed in a settler attack in Duma, south of Nablus, while the Palestinian who was killed by the off-duty soldier has not been named. 

Duma village council head Suleiman Dawabsheh told the AFP a group of Israeli settlers trespassed on land north of the town while farmers were working on their land. 

"A group of settlers arrived on a tractor and another vehicle, and immediately tried to kidnap a boy about 14–15 years old, taking him away," he told AFP.

Dawabsheh said that residents managed to rescue the boy from the settlers, but "one of the settlers opened fire directly at  Thameen Dawabsheh", resulting in him being killed.