Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge - BBC News

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

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Watch: Israeli settler challenged in rare access to West Bank outpost

The Israeli settler outpost of Havat Gilad, deep inside the occupied West Bank, is spread across several hilltops, its sheds and simple block houses clearly visible from neighbouring Palestinian villages.

Last weekend saw a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the area, after an Israeli security guard from Havat Gilad was killed during a confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis in the village of Tal last Friday.

Four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were also killed in the incident, the original cause of which is disputed.