On Saturday, 11 April, Israeli settlers coming from the Oranim Farm outpost invaded Deir Jarir village land, as part of ongoing efforts to take it over. Residents who tried to fend them off with stones came under heavy fire from a settler on military reserve duty who joined his friends as reinforcement. One of the bullets fatally hit ‘Ali Hamadneh, 23, in the back while he was running away and posed no danger, as is evident in footage of the incident. The IDF Spokesperson claimed that “upon the forces’ arrival at the scene, a disturbance developed that included stone-throwing at them. A reservist carried out a suspect-arrest procedure that included firing in the air and then firing at one of the stone-throwers.” Yet B’Tselem’s investigation found that there was no military force at the scene other than the settler on reserve duty who was collaborating with the invaders. This is part of a recurring pattern in which settler militias, often including soldiers in regular and reserve service, invade Palestinian land and communities and fire at residents trying to defend their property. Under cover of the Israeli-US attack on Iran and Lebanon launched on 28 February, settler militias have escalated their attacks, killing at least 7 Palestinians and injuring dozens. This lethal violence is another tool used to promote the policy of ethnic cleansing Israel is carrying out in the West Bank.