Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages in the northern occupied West Bank, after two settlers were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman.

One Palestinian man was killed and more than 100 others were injured in the overnight violence near Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Dozens of cars and houses were also burnt, according to a local official.

It followed the killings of the two Israelis - brothers from a nearby settlement - along a highway.

The Israeli military said it was continuing to search for the Palestinian who shot Hillel Yaniv, 22, and Yagel Yaniv, 20, and that it had moved in extra troops.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials had pledged to de-escalate tensions at a summit in Jordan.

 

Videos posted hours after the summit ended showed a large crowd of Israeli settlers entering the village of Hawara, about 4 miles (6km) south of Nablus, lighting fires and throwing stones.

Israeli treatment of Palestinians results in some Palestinians taking revenge against Israelis and the Israeli collective punishment after results in more Palestinians joining Hamas or other resistance groups or taking revenge as individuals.

IMO, either the Israelis break the cycle of violence, or they WILL come to regret it. It's up to them as they are the ones with all the power.

I'm sure they are aware that the Palestinians are growing in numbers, and that they have no where else to go.

 

IMO the present situation is madness, and eventually even the US is going to have to face reality.

The Israeli government is not doing themselves any favours by ignoring the agreement they just made in Jordan to not escalate tensions.

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Videos posted hours after the summit ended showed a large crowd of Israeli settlers entering the village of Hawara, about 4 miles (6km) south of Nablus, lighting fires and throwing stones.

According to Al Jazeera, the settlers were from illegal settlements and they burnt Palestinian houses while the Israeli army did nothing to stop them.

 

According to a report on Al Jazeera, Netanyahu said that they were not going to stop building illegal settlements on Palestinian land.

 

Meanwhile, the US sticks to the charade of the two state solution, while doing nothing to rein in the Israelis excessive use of force against Palestinians.