[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Israeli forces shot and killed the son of a leader of Hamas in the West Bank in an early-morning raid on Friday.
Muhammad Rasoul Daraghmeh was killed in the city of Tubas during a shootout with Israeli soldiers after they allegedly discovered automatic weapons in his car.
A second man also travelling in the car was also reportedly killed in the clashes.
The Israeli army claimed Daraghmeh had been planning attacks on Israeli targets but provided no evidence. It also said assailants hurled explosives at soldiers.
Hamas confirmed the death of Daraghmeh and his affiliation with its Al Qassam Brigades.
Daraghmeh, a local commander in his own right, was the son of Omar Daraghmeh, a West Bank leader who died in an Israeli prison following his detention after the October 7 attacks.
Photos from Tubas showed a white car with blown out tyres and windows, allegedly after an intense confrontation between Daraghmeh and Israeli forces.
In a statement, the IDF said: 'The IDF, Shin Bet and MGB forces killed Muhammad Omar Daraema [sic], the head of Hamas's terrorist infrastructure in Tubas, in a divisional operation in the Valley and the Valleys tonight.
'Muhammad is a central Hamas operative in the area and has been engaged in the promotion of significant terrorist operations against Israel in recent months.
'During the operation, Daraama shot at the forces who returned fire and killed him, the fighters confiscated many weapons found in his vehicle, including weapons and other military equipment.
'During the brigade operation, terrorists threw explosives and fired at the force who responded by firing, hits were detected.
'The forces eliminated another terrorist after he tried to attack them, arrested two wanted persons and confiscated weapons. During the operation, the forces uncovered charges planted under the axles with the aim of harming our forces.'
Also on Friday, after the raid in Tubas, dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the West Bank, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire.
The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said.
The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that has accompanied the war in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said that settlers stormed into the village of al-Mughayyir late Friday, searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement.
After the rampage, Israeli troops said they were still searching for the teen.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that one man was brought dead to a hospital and 25 were treated for wounds.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said eight of the injured were hit by live fire from settlers.
The deceased man was later identified by his family as 26-year-old Jehad Abu Alia.
His father, Afif Abu Alia, said he was shot and killed but was unsure whether the fatal bullet was fired by an armed settler or an Israeli soldier.
'My son went with others to defend our land and honor, and this is what happened,' Afif Abu Alia said from a hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where his son's corpse had been transported.
The attack was condemned by Mohamed Mustafa, the new Palestinian prime minister.
The Israeli army said it was searching for the 14-year-old boy, and that forces had opened fire when stones were hurled at soldiers by Palestinians.
It said 'hits were identified,' and soldiers also cleared out Israeli settlers from the village.
'As of this moment, the violent riots have been dispersed and there are no Israeli civilians present within the town,' it said.
U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden, have repeatedly raised concerns about a surge in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since Israel's war with the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip began.
Rights groups have long accused the military of failing to halt settler violence or punish soldiers for wrongdoing. 
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