SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 -- Singapore has announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on four Israeli men accused of carrying out "egregious acts of extremist violence" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in a rare move underscoring the city-state's growing concern over escalating settler attacks.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the measures, imposed with immediate effect today, apply to Meir Mordechai Ettinger, Elisha Yered, Ben-Zion Gopstein and Baruch Marzel. CNA first reported the announcement.

In a statement, the MFA said the men's actions were "unlawful and undermine and jeopardise prospects for a two-state solution".

It reiterated Singapore's longstanding position that Israeli settlements in the West ...