"The killings came hours after Israeli settlers had shot and killed Amir Moatasem Odeh, 28, in Qusra south of Nablus. The attackers also stabbed his father, Moatasem Awda, who was taken to hospital in serious condition. There has been a surge of Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since Israel and the US launched their war on Iran at the end of February."
"Khaled, 11, the oldest of the siblings, said he had heard his mother crying and his father praying before they died. After the gunfire stopped, Israeli border police dragged him out of the wreckage, taunted him about the murders of his family and attacked him. One of the Israelis said we killed dogs, he told Reuters."
"What did this family do? They went to buy Eid necessities, and to put a smile on those children's faces, said Mansour Abu Islam, a neighbour and cousin of Ali. This is clear evidence that Palestinian lives have no value."
Israeli police killed four members of the Bani Odeh family—Mohammed (5), Othman (7, blind with special needs), mother Waad (35), and father Ali (37)—by shooting them in the head and face as they drove through Tamoun in the occupied West Bank after a Ramadan shopping trip. The incident occurred hours after Israeli settlers killed another Palestinian man and stabbed his father in a separate attack. This killing brought the total Palestinian deaths to 11 over two weeks, reflecting a surge in Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians since late February. Two surviving brothers, including 11-year-old Khaled, witnessed the attack and reported being taunted and attacked by Israeli border police afterward. The family had been shopping for Eid festival clothing when the undercover Israeli unit opened fire.
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