At least one Palestinian has been killed after dozens of Israeli settlers, some wearing masks, attacked a village in the occupied West Bank.
Video on social media showed cars and houses on fire in Jit, near the city of Nablus.
Israel‘s military said petrol bombs and rocks were thrown at buildings and vehicles and that it used “riot dispersal means” to end the violence.
It said one Israeli had been arrested after police and army units intervened in Thursday’s attack.
The Palestinian health ministry reported one person had been killed and another wounded by settlers’ gunfire.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House both condemned the attack.
A statement from Mr Netanyahu’s office said he viewed the incident with “utmost severity” and anyone “responsible for any crime will be caught and prosecuted”.
Thursday’s incident is the latest in a series of attacks by settlers, and Palestinians regularly accuse Israeli forces of allowing them to take place.
The US and European countries have also consistently urged Israel to do more.
“Israeli authorities must take measures to protect all communities from harm, this includes intervening to stop such violence, and holding all perpetrators of such violence to account,” said a statement on Thursday from the White House National Security Council.
More than 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, mostly by military raids into towns and cities.
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Gaza‘s health ministry says more than 40,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war.
The conflict started after about 1,200 people were killed and many others taken hostage in the Hamas terror attack last October.
Fresh ceasefire talks are currently under way in Doha, with Qatar and Egypt acting on behalf of Hamas.
Previous efforts to end the fighting have failed, apart from a brief pause when some hostages and prisoners were exchanged in November.
