Israeli settlers have stepped up attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during movement restrictions imposed amid the war with Iran, with rights groups and medics saying military roadblocks have delayed ambulances from reaching victims.
Settlers have killed at least five Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran on Feb. 28, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A sixth man died after inhaling teargas fired during an attack, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Israel's military blocked many West Bank roads with iron gates and mounds of earth on the first day of the war and has largely shut crossings with Israel.
The Israeli military says the curbs are preemptive measures while it is carrying out airstrikes on Iran and against the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which has fired missiles at Israel in solidarity with Tehran.
Palestinians in remote West Bank villages say the roadblocks have left them increasingly exposed to settler violence.
