RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, June 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli forces
killed four Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian
Authority said, one of whom the military said had started a fire at an
Israeli outpost.

Hundreds of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israelis have been killed in
violence across the West Bank since the outbreak of the war between Israel
and the militant group Hamas in Gaza began on October 7.

Four Palestinians were killed on Monday by Israeli "occupation fire" in the
town of Kfar Naima, north-west of Ramallah, the territory's health ministry
said.

A general strike was called in Ramallah by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
in response to the killings, along with a pre-planned rally for Palestinians
jailed by Israel.

The Israeli military said it shot at a group of four people who attempted to
flee in a vehicle and tried to "run over forces" when Israeli police went to
Kfar Naima to arrest a suspect. One Israeli officer was lightly hurt, an army
statement said.

One of those killed was accused of setting fire to a caravan in a nearby
settler outpost, Sde Ephraim Farm.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and
hundreds of thousands of settlers have since moved to the Palestinian
territory, in breach of international law.

An Israeli police statement said a gun and explosive devices were found when
officers searched the vehicle in Kfar Naima.

At least 524 Palestinians have been killed across the West Bank by Israeli
forces or settlers, Palestinian officials say.

Over the same period at least 14 Israelis have been killed in the territory,
according to an AFP toll based on Israeli figures.