A Palestinian man was stabbed to death by an Israeli settler in the village of Iskaka
Man was killed after settlers tried to set up a tent on private Palestinian land near Salfit in the occupied West Bank.
A Palestinian man has died after he was stabbed by an Israeli settler in the village of Iskaka, in the central occupied West Bank region of Salfit, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health.
Health officials identified the victim as 27-year-old Ali Hassan Harb, who succumbed to a fatal stab wound to the chest on Tuesday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Local sources said that an altercation erupted after Israeli settlers attempted to take over a plot of Palestinian village land by setting up a tent on private property.
Harb and other residents intervened and that is when an Israeli settler stabbed and killed the young man, the health ministry said in the statement.
Israeli police in the West Bank said they have launched an investigation into the killing. They confirmed that a Palestinian man had been stabbed but claimed it was unclear who had carried out the attack.
“Police forces arrived at the scene from which a wounded Palestinian man was evacuated in a serious condition, apparently from a stab wound,” police said, citing medics, according to the Times of Israel.
“At this stage the identity of the stabber is unclear,” police said. No arrests were immediately made.
Settler violence
Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said in a statement that the man was stabbed by an Israeli settler while he was with his family on private land.
“Settlers arrived at the scene and attempted to set up a tent. Friction ensued and settlers left the place. Immediately afterward, soldiers arrived at the scene, and later the settlers returned,” Yesh Din said in a statement.
After the settlers returned, violence again broke out, “during which a settler pulled out a knife and stabbed the young man to death”, the organisation said.
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