Israel arrests 2 settlers after deadly rampage on a village left one Palestinian dead

By JULIA FRANKEL
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police that they arrested two Israeli settlers after they stormed a Palestinian village in the West Bank in a rampage that left one Palestinian dead. Armed settlers entered Burqa, a herding village east of the city of Ramallah, late Friday, shooting and killing 19-year-old Qusai Matan, Palestinian health officials said. Israeli media reported that one of the arrested settlers, who remained unnamed, used to work as an aide for a lawmaker of the far-right Israeli “Jewish Power” party which is in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition of ultranationalist and ultraorthodox parties in the Israeli parliament. The party includes Itamar Ben-Gvir, a pro-settlement firebrand known for hardline positions against Palestinians.