West Bank: Body of Israeli shepherd, 14 found in West Bank - BBC News

Benjamin Achimeir was reported missing after taking a flock of sheep out to graze on Friday morning.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Israel PoliceImage caption, Benjamin Achimeir, who went missing in the West Bank on 12 April was found dead a day laterBy Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsIsrael's army says it has found the body of a 14-year-old shepherd in the occupied West Bank, a day after he went missing.

Benjamin Achimeir had taken a flock of sheep out to graze from Malachi Hashalom, a settler outpost near Ramallah on Friday morning.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Achimeir's death a "heinous murder".

A Palestinian man was shot overnight during an Israeli search for the teenager.

It is not clear whether the man - Jehad Abu Alia, 26 - was shot by an armed settler or an Israeli soldier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68806205

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