Qusai Jamal Maatan was shot dead in Burqah east of Ramallah on Friday as armed settlers attacked villagers . The UN has warned of a dramatic spike in such cases since the most rightwing government in Israels history took power at the end of last year .
The main suspect in the deadly shooting had sustained injuries and had been admitted to hospital . The second suspect had acted as a spokesman to a member of parliament from the farright Jewish Power party whose leader Itamar BenGvir is the public security minister in the coalition government .
At the funeral Palestinian mourners carried Maatans body through the streets wrapped in a black and white keffiyeh headscarf and Palestinian flag an AFP journalist reported . The West Bank has seen violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities and regular raids by Israeli forces who claim they are pursuing militants .
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the SixDay War of the Six Day War of 1950s and occupied the territory is home to nearly three million Palestinians and around Israelis who live in settlements considered illegal under international law . The Israeli army claimed Palestinian witnesses stated that both sides had thrown stones at each other before the Israeli civilians had opened fire .
Several Israeli civilians were injured from rocks hurled at them it claimed adding security forces arrived after the shooting. Israel has said that both parties had thrown rocks at each of them had thrown at them before the shooting . The army said that the Israeli settlers had opened up and that they had been attacked.
The Israeli settlers were injured and that the Israelis were injured. The settlements are considered illegal and that Israeli settlers. The settlers were attacked by the settlers had thrown missiles at them. Several Israeli citizens were injured by the Israeli soldiers were injured .
