Palestinian teens killed during settler attack on West Bank village, officials say - BBC News

Al-Mughayyir's council says they were trying to stop settlers stealing sheep, but the Israeli military says they threw stones at its troops.

Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, The deaths in al-Mughayyir come amid a recent surge in settler violence in the occupied West Bank

Funerals have taken place for two Palestinian teenagers who local officials say were killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in an attack on their village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

The village council in al-Mughayyir told the BBC that Omar al-Nassan, 19, and Khalil Abu Alia, 16, were killed as they tried to stop Israeli settlers stealing sheep and that confrontations broke out.

The Israeli military stated that its forces had entered the village to provide security for an Israeli civilian and police trying to retrieve livestock.

It said they fired on and struck what it called "key instigators" of a "violent disturbance", in which Palestinians threw stones at its troops.