A delegation of European diplomats visited the Palestinian town of Kafr Malik in the occupied West Bank to assess the aftermath of a deadly attack by illegal Israeli settlers, Anadolu Agency reports.

Three Palestinians were killed and seven were wounded last week when Israeli settlers stormed Kafr Malik, located northeast of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Laila Ghannam, the governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page that the visiting delegation included around 20 ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from the European Union as well as the ambassadors of Canada and the UK. The delegation toured damaged homes and burned vehicles and met with families of the victims.

EU Representative to Palestine Alexandre Stutzmann said the delegation was “deeply shocked and disturbed” by what they saw in Kafr Malik.

“No one should be killed in their home, have their property vandalized or their vehicles burned, or be forced to live in fear in their own village,” Stutzmann said. “This violence must stop immediately, and those responsible must be held accountable. These crimes cannot go unpunished.”

Ghannam called on the EU to take “concrete political action beyond writing reports,” warning that the international community’s inaction has emboldened Israeli forces and illegal settlers as “two sides of the same coin” to continue committing crimes against Palestinians.

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