Palestinian teenager killed after Israeli settlers enter West Bank village

The violence came as tensions were running high after the Israeli government published a tender for the construction of houses in a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem.

Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 21 - An Israeli man guarding a group of Jewish settlers who walked onto Palestinian village land on Friday opened fire towards Palestinians who confronted them, killing a 17-year-old and wounding a 70-year-old man, officials said.

Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant American flag over his West Bank home, hoping it might deter militant settlers besieging the property. But it wasn’t enough to stop one of them from walking onto Ridi’s land on Tuesday, during a tense face-off.

"Here's an American citizen being attacked in the West Bank by an American tax-funded army, American weapons used to attack Palestinian Americans in the West Bank," one resident told Reuters.

THE Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has travelled to his property to join family members who have been defending it. Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based owner of one of the houses, landed in Israel with settlers still roaming near Qusra, according to

Soldiers told Loui Ridi to get back inside his home, while pleading with settlers to leave peacefully.

By Pesha Magid, Ammar Awad and Sinan Abu Mayzer QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant American flag over his West Bank home, hoping it might deter militant settlers besieging the property. But it wasn't enough to stop one of them from walking onto Ridi's landon Tuesday, dur

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers criticized Israeli forces for not clearing them from his property 10 days since it began

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi flew from his home in Ohio to the occupied West Bank after a siege by Israeli settlers on his family’s village. Ridi told NBC News that he is demanding more protection from the U.S. government as he continues to worry about his and his family’s safety.

Palestinian-American Returns to West Bank House Besieged by Israeli Settlers  Haaretz

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property.

Several Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra have been under siege for a week, with families trapped inside as supplies dwindle and water and electricity are cut off. Settlers have continued their attacks openly, despite the presence of Israeli soldiers and growing international pressure on Israel.

Several Palestinians injured as settlers continue attacks in West Bank Israeli settlers continued their assaults on Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank, injuring several people. Here are the details of some of these attacks, reported by Wafa. •    Israeli settlers beat up three Palestinians

Three Palestinian families say they have been trapped inside their homes in the occupied West Bank for nearly a week.

The spring served as a lifeline for the nearby village of Fasayil in the fertile Jordan Valley, where Palestinians have relied on it for generations for food, employment and to supplement irregular Israeli supplies to their domestic taps.