A 17-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot during an Israeli settler attack in Khirbet Hamroush, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The teenager sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was declared dead after being reported in critical condition. An elderly man was also injured in the same incident. Local sources reported that armed Israeli settlers conducted a large-scale raid on the area, firing at residents and setting homes ablaze.
In a separate incident on Friday morning, a 58-year-old former colonel in the Palestinian National Security Forces was killed by Israeli forces during a military raid in Jenin. The Israeli military stated the man attempted to stab troops during the operation, prompting soldiers to open fire. Palestinian authorities reported that Israeli forces did not return the body to the family and prevented emergency services from accessing the home. Additionally, a 14-year-old boy was treated for gunshot wounds to the chest and back sustained during another Israeli raid near Jenin, and six people were arrested in a separate operation in the city.
In Qusra, south of Nablus, Israeli settlers have maintained a siege on three Palestinian homes for 13 consecutive days with Israeli military protection. The local mayor stated that Israeli forces and settlers are preventing residents from entering or leaving the homes, with one residence converted into a military post. The area has been declared a closed military zone, and families are facing shortages of food and medicine as supplies are blocked from reaching them.
A Human Rights Watch report released this week found that Israeli settler violence has fully or partially displaced 107 Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank since January 2023. The organization attributed the displacement wave to increased settler attacks and rapid expansion of Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law. Several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, and Norway, issued a joint statement on Thursday condemning Israeli plans to construct over 1,200 housing units under the E1 settlement project, describing the expansion as unacceptable and damaging to international peace efforts.
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