Israeli settler shoots dead Palestinian in West Bank

JERUSALEM, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian villager was shot dead by an Israeli settler in a clash in the West Bank on Thursday morning.

An Israeli military spokesperson said the shooting was carried out as self-defense.

According to the spokesperson, some 20 Israeli settlers were hiking near Qusra, a Palestinian village southeast of the city of Nablus, when the Palestinians attacked them with stones. Two settlers were slightly wounded.

In response, one of the settlers opened fire with his personal gun, fatally wounding a stone thrower. The settlers then hid in a nearby cave until the Israeli forces evacuated them, according to the military.

The military said that a medical team rushed to the scene to offer medical care to the Palestinian.

According to Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper, the casualty is a 48-year-old farmer from Qusra, who was working on his land at the time of the shooting. Enditem