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Israeli settlers have attacked two villages in the occupied West Bank<\/a>, causing casualties among the Palestinian residents, according to local officials.<\/p>\n Hani Odeh, the mayor of Qusra village in Nablus governorate, told the AFP news agency that Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man, 28-year-old Amir Moatasem Odeh, on Saturday. Two other residents were injured.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n There was also an\u00a0assault on the area of Rashayda, east of Bethlehem, on Saturday, with the local mayor describing settler violence as a near-daily reality for residents.<\/p>\n Palestinian news agency Wafa said a group of settlers attacked in the area of Rashayda, near the village of Kisan, \u201cfiring live ammunition\u201d.<\/p>\n Musa Abayat, the mayor of Rashayda, told AFP that five Palestinians were injured in the assault, including two with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n Beyond those shot, three other Palestinians were beaten with sharp objects or struck by stones, with the injured taken to hospital. More than 100 sheep were also seized.<\/p>\n \u201cDaily attacks\u201d by settlers, Abayat said, had become a feature of life in the area.<\/p>\n The Israeli military acknowledged a \u201cviolent confrontation\u201d had taken place involving Israeli civilians who discharged their weapons toward Palestinians. One Israeli civilian was wounded, the military told AFP, adding that two Israeli civilians had been detained alongside three Palestinians.<\/p>\n The attack was the latest in a run of violence that had already left its mark on the same village.<\/p>\n A day earlier, settlers burned down a poultry barn belonging to a local Palestinian farmer, completely destroying it, according Wafa.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the West Bank on Saturday, Wafa reported that Israeli forces shot a 43-year-old Palestinian man, Ahmad Khalil Saleh, at the Beit Iksa checkpoint northwest of Jerusalem. Soldiers also severely beat his 20-year-old son at the same location, according to local sources cited by the agency.<\/p>\n At least five Palestinians have been killed<\/a> in the West Bank since the start of March, according to Palestinian authorities and the United Nations, part of a broader surge in violence that has accompanied Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n