Israeli military and police said the body of a missing Israeli teenager who was likely killed in a Palestinian attack was found on Saturday in the West Bank, an incident that may indicate violence is spreading as the Gaza war enters its seventh month.
The 14-year-old went missing on Friday, authorities said, and they described his killing as “a terrorist attack.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assailants would be found and he called on Israelis not to get in the way of security forces.
Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian group fighting Israeli forces on a mission to crush its militants in Gaza, issued a statement on Saturday urging Palestinians in the West Bank to fight against what it described as “settler militias.”
Though Israeli ground troops have largely been withdrawn from Gaza this month, air strikes continue as well as incursions in Al-Nusseirat in the central of the enclave. Four Palestinians were killed there on Saturday, medics said.
Violence in the West Bank was already on the rise before the Gaza war broke out on Oct. 7 with Hamas’ shock attack in southern Israel. It has since increased, with stepped-up Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks.
The West Bank is among the territories the Palestinians seek for a state. Most countries around the world view Israeli settlements there as illegal, a view that Israel disputes.
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