The Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday that illegal Israeli settlers shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the second deadly incident reported in as many days.
A ministry statement said Thaer Faruq Hamayel, 24, and Farea Jawdat Hamayel, 57, were killed by illegal settler fire in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
It did not say when the incident occurred or provide further details.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since the start of the brutal war on Gaza in October 2023. It has continued despite the ceasefire.
On Saturday, the Ramallah-based health ministry and a local mayor said illegal Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded his brother in an attack on another occupied West Bank village, Wadi al-Rakhim.
Mohammad Rabai, head of the nearby Tuwani village council, told AFP that illegal settlers had entered homes in the area and attacked the family of 27-year-old Amir Mohammad Shnaran who later died.
The Israeli military said soldiers and police were dispatched to the scene after reports of a "violent confrontation" between Israelis and Palestinians.
It said an investigation was underway.
Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 1,042 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
