NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Israeli settlers killed two brothers in an attack on the occupied West Bank village of Qaryut on Monday that also left three people injured, the Ramallah-based health ministry and Palestinian Red Crescent said.
“Two citizens from Qaryut, south of Nablus, were killed by settler gunfire,” the health ministry said in a statement, identifying the two as Mohammed and Faheem Muammar. A source at the health ministry confirmed to AFP that the two men, shot in the head and pelvis respectively, were brothers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, whose teams responded to the incident, reported at least three other people injured, all by gunfire. One of the injured was a 15-year-old child shot in the shoulder. Israel´s military told AFP it was “looking into” the reports.
