The bodies of three Palestinians killed by extremist Israeli settlers were placed side-by-side in the schoolyard of Abu Falah, a village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, wrapped in Palestinian flags.
Family and friends lined up to bid farewell to the trio, who were killed earlier in the day, in what was described by local officials and residents as a coordinated and sustained assault, and by the Israeli military as unacceptable. Homes were damaged and vehicles torched as residents sheltered indoors and gunfire echoed through the village. At least two dozen people were injured.
Life across the West Bank has gotten much harder for its 3 million Palestinians since the Israel-Hamas war began three years ago in Gaza, the smaller of the two Palestinian Territories. The economy is tanking, and insecurity spreading amid rising violence by extremist settlers and measures Israel says are meant to protect its citizens but which Palestinians say curb their movement.
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