Deadly settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders

Benjamin Netanyahu said he took the riots “seriously” and that Israelis who carried out criminal acts would be prosecuted

A Palestinian stands in his home the morning after it was torched in a rampage by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jit (Nasser Nasser/AP)

Israeli leaders have roundly condemned a deadly settler rampage in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a rare Israeli denunciation of settler violence that has grown more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

The settler riot in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, killed one Palestinian and badly injured others late on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said.