Kat Lonsdorf

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.

Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The mosque was outside the city of Nablus in the central West Bank.

Israeli settlers set it on fire and scrawled graffiti on a remaining wall in Hebrew that read, quote, We are not afraid and keep condemning, after an Israeli military commander issued a rare call for a crackdown on the violence earlier this week.

It's the latest in what the U.N.

says is an average of eight settler attacks a day in the West Bank, an all-time high that has coincided with the Palestinian olive harvest.

The attacks have provoked expressions of concern from top Israeli officials, military leaders, and members of the Trump administration, including U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Still, most such attacks go unpunished by Israel.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The mosque was outside the city of Nablus in the central West Bank.

Israeli settlers set it on fire and scrawled graffiti on a remaining wall in Hebrew that read, quote, We are not afraid and keep condemning, after an Israeli military commander issued a rare call for a crackdown on the violence earlier this week.