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Palestinian teenagers were killed during a settler attack on the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir; village leaders say the youths were trying to stop settlers stealing sheep, while the Israeli military claims they were killed after throwing stones at troops. Israeli media separately reported that army officials are angry with Israel's Shin Bet security agency for 'doing the minimum' on settler violence, accusing it of failing to provide intelligence or early warnings, with some suggesting political leaders prefer the status quo to continue. The incidents add to a rising pattern of settler violence in the West Bank, drawing internal Israeli criticism of security failures and highlighting tensions between the military and intelligence services over how aggressively to confront settler attacks on Palestinians.