Israeli settlers and troops kill two Palestinian teenagers in occupied West Bank

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Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 16 and 19, were killed in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops in al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and the health ministry. The Israeli military said its forces entered the village to provide security for police and a civilian retrieving livestock, and fired on "key instigators" of a disturbance involving stone-throwing. The incident is under investigation, and the attack follows intensified settler violence, including a siege of Qusra village in August. The deaths come as the UK announced a policy "reset" on Israel, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledging measures in coming weeks, potentially including sanctions on settlement goods. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has rapidly expanded settlements in territory captured in 1967, which rights groups say aims to seize more Palestinian land.


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