Iran hit Israel with ‘extensive drone strikes’

West Bank: The Iranian attack comes as Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been on the largest rampage against Palestinians since the war in Gaza began, as Israel’s army said the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist attack”.

The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked the attacks on Palestinian villages this weekend.

On Friday, Palestinian Jehad Abu Alia was killed and 25 others were wounded in the attack on al-Mughayyir village, Palestinian health officials said.

Dozens of Israeli settlers returned to the village’s outskirts on Saturday, burning 12 homes and several cars. The Palestinian Health Ministry said three people from the village were injured, one critically. Border police fired tear gas toward villagers who gathered, trying to disperse them.

“They entered the house and burned it and burned cars, as you can see,” 42-year-old Akef Abu Allu said, looking at his blackened two-storey home in al-Mughayyir.

In the nearby village of Douma, Israeli settlers set fire to about 15 homes and 10 farms, the head of the local village council, Slieman Dawabsheh, told AP, saying he had been there.

“The army came but unfortunately, the army were protecting the settlers,” he said, asserting that it fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians trying to confront and expel them.

The Israeli military didn’t respond to questions. The Palestinian Red Crescent said six people were injured by gunfire but did not say who fired.

The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din in a statement said at least 10 villages in the West Bank were attacked by Israeli settlers, with homes and vehicles damaged.

According to Israeli media, the teen was last seen leaving the settler outpost of Malachei Shalom on Friday to tend to livestock nearby. The sheep returned to the outpost hours later without him, reports said.

AP