Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting

A shooting near the West Bank village of Tal left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead, though accounts of what happened differ sharply. Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers. The Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers. Two days later, a wave of settler violence followed, with Palestinians reporting that Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farmland in West Bank communities. A home on the edge of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir has become a weekly flashpoint, with residents reporting that Israeli settlers have laid siege to their community. One Israeli settler told the BBC that attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge, part of a broader pattern of settler violence that is intensifying as settlements and outposts expand. Israel is also planning large-scale land expropriations in historic Palestinian areas of the West Bank, with critics accusing the government of weaponizing archaeology to advance territorial claims.