'Heinous Murder': Netanyahu Says Missing Israeli Teen Found Dead In West Bank

Jerusalem:

A lacking Israeli teenager was discovered lifeless within the occupied West Financial institution on Saturday, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to as a “heinous homicide”.

The disappearance of 14-year-old Benjamin Achimeir on Friday sparked an enormous manhunt and assaults on Palestinian villages.

“The heinous homicide of the boy… is a severe crime,” Netanyahu stated in a press release.

Israeli forces “are in an intensive pursuit after the heinous murderers and all those that collaborated with them,” he stated.

Achimeir went lacking early on Friday from the Malachi Hashalom outpost close to the town of Ramallah.

His physique was discovered close by, the Israeli military and safety forces stated.

A whole lot of hundreds of Israelis dwell in West Financial institution settlements thought-about unlawful underneath worldwide regulation.

The incident comes with tensions already excessive as a result of Israel-Hamas warfare in Gaza.

Following Achimeir’s disappearance, Israeli safety forces and a whole bunch of volunteers shaped a search occasion.

On Friday afternoon Jewish settlers who have been a part of the manhunt raided the village of Al-Mughayyir close to Malachi Hashalom, in line with an AFP reporter.

A minimum of one individual was killed and 25 wounded, the Palestinian well being ministry stated on Friday.

In a single day, the official Palestinian information company reported that 5 Palestinians have been injured in one other settler assault within the Abu Falah village close to Ramallah.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)

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