Video Footage of Israeli-Palestinian Clash Obtained by CNN Sparks Controversy

2024.04.14 Sun posted at 13:51 JST

（ＣＮＮ） Hundreds of settlers left a Palestinian village in the West Bank on the 13th after the body of a 14-year-old boy who had gone missing from an Israeli settlement was discovered. Besieged and attacked. Witnesses told CNN.

The boy’s cause of death is unknown. The Israeli military claims he was killed in a “terrorist attack” but provides no evidence.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported on the 13th that more than a dozen Palestinians had been taken to hospitals across the West Bank, most with gunshot wounds.

Footage obtained by CNN shows a group of settlers setting fire to houses and cars in the village of Douma, southeast of the West Bank city of Nablus. Settlers are firing shots amid thick smoke. Witnesses said settlers broke into homes and clashed with Palestinian residents.

Videos posted on social media showed clashes in Deir Dibwan and Beitin, east of Ramallah on the West Bank. Palestinians throw stones at settlers and Israeli military vehicles fire tear gas.

A frame from a video of a vehicle in the West Bank village of Douma

Footage also shows increased presence of Israeli troops at checkpoints northeast of Ramallah.

On the 12th, as the search for the boy progressed, a large-scale attack on the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, left one Palestinian man dead and about 25 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the killing, saying, “The murder of a young boy is a serious crime.” He said the military and intelligence agencies were searching for the perpetrators and their accomplices, and called on the public not to disrupt their efforts.

On the 13th, Defense Minister Gallant warned the public through X (formerly Twitter), “Please leave the quick search for terrorists to the security forces. If there is retaliation, the operation will be difficult.” He warned against private sanctions. .