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They're the latest in what the UN says is now an average of eight settler attacks a day in the territory, an all-time high that has coincided with the Palestinian olive harvest.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned the violence, saying he gives, quote, full backing to security forces in the West Bank to act against the perpetrators.
Netanyahu also gave his full support to law enforcement and the military to counteract the attacks.
Still, such settler violence is rarely prosecuted.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Humanitarian organizations, including the UN, have stepped up efforts to address mental health services for children in Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire is holding in its second month.
But there is still daily and deadly bombardment by Israel in Gaza, which Israel says is to dismantle infrastructure used by militants.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Humanitarian organizations, including the UN, have stepped up efforts to address mental health services for children in Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire is holding in its second month.
But there is still daily and deadly bombardment by Israel in Gaza, which Israel says is to dismantle infrastructure used by militants.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The 15-year-olds were killed in a town outside the Palestinian city of Hebron.
Their deaths were confirmed by Palestinian health officials and the town mayor.
The Israeli military says the two were headed to an Israeli settlement to carry out what it called a terror attack when soldiers shot them.
More than 45 Palestinian children and minors have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, according to the UN.
That's as Israel has been carrying out an extended military operation in the north since January.
displacing tens of thousands, the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank in decades.
In recent weeks, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has also surged to an all-time high.