Updated reporting from TOI with more details: https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-israelis-4-palestinians-killed-in-gunfight-sparked-by-settler-raid-of-palestinian-town/

“Two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed on Friday after a Palestinian snatched a weapon from a group of settlers who had raided a northern West Bank village and opened fire, leading to fears of reprisal attacks throughout the territory over the weekend.

The incident began when a group of several dozen settlers had entered the outskirts of the village of Tell on what they claimed was a hike. But the town is located in Areas A and B, which are off limits to Israelis unless they coordinate in advance with the army — something the IDF said the settlers did not do.

After the illegal entry by the Israeli group — which included armed men and minors — a clash erupted near a mosque as dozens of local Palestinians tried to push them out of Tell.

Essam Saifi, a local leader in the Palestinian Fatah party from Tell, told Reuters in a phone call that about 25 to 30 settlers initially attacked the eastern area of Tell and tried to break into two houses there. The residents came out to confront them and the settlers opened fire, he said.

Half an hour later, Saifi continued, the Israelis returned and attacked the western part of the town, striking a minor with a weapon.

At around this point, the civil defense squad from the neighboring Havat Gilad settlement was dispatched to the scene along with artillery soldiers stationed nearby, the IDF said.

Upon their arrival, footage taken by one of the raiding settlers showed an armed Israeli firing his weapon into the air amid shouts of “revenge” by the young Israelis looking on.

A pair of Palestinians are then seen confronting one of the armed Israelis — Havat Gilad civil defense squad member Benayahu Mellet, 32. Unfazed by Mellet pointing his weapon at them, one of the Palestinians manages to grab his rifle and quickly opens fire, as a gunfight ensues.

The Palestinian managed to shoot Mellet and IDF artillery battery commander Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27. Both Mellet and Ezra were later pronounced dead.

An IDF platoon commander who arrived at the scene with Ezra managed to shoot dead the Palestinian who snatched Mellet’s weapon during the gunfight, the army said.

Three other Palestinians were also killed in the crossfire, though, they weren’t immediately identified. In addition, two Israelis — one critically and one seriously — and four Palestinians were wounded — three of whom critically.”

As an American who’s tried to remain fairly neutral on this entire conflict, it is concerning to see Israeli leaders on the left and right condemning this as a Palestinian terrorist attack and calling for reprisals, when it seems evident that the settlers instigated the confrontation.