A Palestinian man was shot useless and 4 others have been wounded by armed settlers who stole dozens of livestock whereas accompanied by troops of the Israel Protection Forces within the central West Financial institution’s Mukhmas on Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority stated in a single day.
The individual killed was recognized as Mukhmas resident Nasrallah Abu Siam, 19. Abu Siam’s mom instructed The Related Press that he additionally held American citizenship.
Footage from Abu Siam’s funeral in Mukhmas on Thursday confirmed folks waving Palestinian flags and chanting spiritual and populist slogans as they carried his physique, which was wrapped in a Palestinian flag and a keffiyeh.
The US Embassy in Israel didn’t reply to requests for remark Thursday. The IDF stated it was investigating the incident.
Mukhmas residents cited by the Kan public broadcaster stated Abu Siam was shot when some 30 masked settlers, a few of them armed, raided Palestinian barns and stole 380 head of livestock, as Palestinian shepherds tried to fend off the settlers.
Safety digicam footage from Mukhmas, printed by left-wing activist group Herd of Justice, confirmed a settler operating right into a barn and waving a persist with get the animals out.
מתנחלים מבריחים צאן מדיר בכפר מוחמאס שבגדה.
צילום: Herd of Justice pic.twitter.com/Y32FrhqARW— הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) February 18, 2026
Different footage from a hand-held digicam, printed by Kan, confirmed folks recognized as Palestinians hurling stones towards a raised place as rocks thrown from above fall round them.
One individual within the clip might be seen falling to the bottom and being dragged away by one other.
תיעוד: פלסטינים זורקים אבנים לפני הירי אתמול בשטחי מרעה ליד רמאללה שממנו נהרג נסראללה אבו סיאם, תושב הכפר מוחמאס. בצה״ל עורכים תחקיר של מפקד החטיבה ומפקד אוגדת איו״ש לגבי זהות היורה – חייל הגנה מרחבית או מתנחל@HGoldich pic.twitter.com/Ryxz7iLmE2
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) February 19, 2026
In the meantime, Arabic media printed footage displaying folks recognized as settlers hurling rocks from a raised place, in addition to masked and armed settlers transferring in between Palestinian houses and a shouting match between Palestinians and settlers, one among whom carried an assault rifle.
The Palestinian Crimson Crescent Society stated three folks shot by settlers have been rushed to the Palestine Medical Advanced, together with Abu Siam, whose situation was described as critical. The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate later introduced Abu Siam had succumbed to his wounds on the hospital.
The governorate stated one other two folks have been additionally hospitalized, not less than one among whom was overwhelmed by IDF forces, in line with WAFA, the PA’s official information company.
⚡️جرحى وإطلاق نار وسرقة أغنام.. مشاهد توثق هجوم المستوطنين على أراضي بلدة مخماس، شمال شرق القدس المحتلة#فلسطين #الاحتلال_الإسرائيلي pic.twitter.com/aTIx68vpoB
— ديوان (@DiwanDaily) February 18, 2026
Haaretz cited one eyewitness as saying the settlers surrounded Abu Siam after he was shot, “hit him with golf equipment and stones, and nearly killed him. They acted like animals — there was no humanity in them.”
Troopers who arrived on the scene “watched them and did nothing besides hurl tear gasoline at us. It was terrible,” the individual stated, including that the navy ordered Palestinians to go away the barns.
In response to a question, the IDF stated troops have been dispatched to Mukhmas on Wednesday “following a report of rioting and violent confrontations that included stone-throwing,” and that later, “one other power arrived on the scene and used riot dispersal means to revive order.”
The navy stated it later obtained stories of gunfire by “suspects” that resulted in a number of Palestinians being wounded.
There have been no stories of any arrests.
“No gunfire by IDF troops through the incident is understood,” the navy stated, including that the incident is underneath additional investigation. Nevertheless, in line with Kan, it was nonetheless unclear if the settler who fired the shot was a part of one of many IDF’s so-called space protection forces, recognized by its Hebrew acronym Hagmar.
Dozens of troopers from such items, which comprise native settlers in reserve responsibility, have been dismissed for violations, together with assaults on Palestinians, the navy said final month.
Abu Siam was the primary individual killed by Israeli settlers within the West Financial institution in 2026, and the thirty seventh for the reason that Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, in line with the PA’s official information company WAFA.
Settler assaults have spiked for the reason that Hamas onslaught. The assaults, which happen on a near-daily foundation, largely go unchecked. Prosecutions of Jewish extremists are uncommon, and convictions are even rarer. Critics have accused the federal government, described as probably the most hardline in Israel’s historical past, of shrugging off the assaults.
Knowledge printed by the IDF and Shin Guess safety company final month confirmed a 27 % rise in settler assaults in 2025 in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
Along with the general rise in settler assaults, in 2025 there was additionally a rise within the variety of extreme incidents, together with shootings, arson, and different violent crimes: 128 prior to now 12 months, in contrast with 83 in 2024 and 54 in 2023, in line with the information.
AP contributed to this report.
