The violence last week in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, comes amid a surge in assaults by Israeli settlers. It also set off a chain of violence in the area.

The incident highlights the lack of law and order in parts of the occupied territory where Israelis associated with the settler movement have increasingly attacked Palestinians without consequences.

Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza on Monday, with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that left 23 others dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid,