An Israeli settler reportedly shot and killed a Palestinian man, in what the Israeli military said was a response to an attack by Palestinians throwing rocks toward a group of Israelis. The IDF released a statement claiming the shooter had opened fire in self-defense as part of a group of settlers hiking near the Palestinian village. Palestinian residents of the village rejected the allegation, and identified the Palestinian who was killed as Mahmoud Odeh, a 48-year-old farmer. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the incident as a “cowardly act and evidence to the world of the ugly crimes conducted by settlers against unarmed Palestinians.”
