Security camera footage from Mukhmas, published by left-wing activist group Herd of Justice, showed a settler running into a barn and waving a stick to get the animals out.<\/p>\n
\u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d7\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e6\u05d0\u05df \u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d1\u05db\u05e4\u05e8 \u05de\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d0\u05e1 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05d4. \u2014 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea (@haaretznewsvid) February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Other footage from a hand-held camera, published by Kan, showed people identified as Palestinians hurling stones toward a raised position as rocks thrown from above fall around them.\n<\/p>\n One person in the clip can be seen falling to the ground and being dragged away by another.<\/p>\n \u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3: \u05e4\u05dc\u05e1\u05d8\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d6\u05d5\u05e8\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05dc \u05d1\u05e9\u05d8\u05d7\u05d9 \u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3 \u05e8\u05de\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05de\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e0\u05d4\u05e8\u05d2 \u05e0\u05e1\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e1\u05d9\u05d0\u05dd, \u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05db\u05e4\u05e8 \u05de\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d0\u05e1. \u05d1\u05e6\u05d4\u05f4\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d7\u05e7\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea \u05d0\u05d9\u05d5\u05f4\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d6\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u2013 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dc \u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05de\u05e8\u05d7\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5 \u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d7\u05dc@HGoldich<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ryxz7iLmE2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05db\u05d0\u05df \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea (@kann_news) February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Arabic media published footage showing people identified as settlers hurling rocks from a raised position, as well as masked and armed settlers moving in between Palestinian homes and a shouting match between Palestinians and settlers, one of whom carried an assault rifle.\n<\/p>\n The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said three people shot by settlers were rushed to the Palestine Medical Complex, including Abu Siam, whose condition was described as serious. The Palestinian Authority\u2019s Jerusalem Governorate later announced Abu Siam had succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.<\/p>\n The governorate said another two people were also hospitalized, at least one of whom was beaten by IDF forces, according to WAFA, the PA\u2019s official news agency.<\/p>\n \u26a1\ufe0f\u062c\u0631\u062d\u0649 \u0648\u0625\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0646\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u0633\u0631\u0642\u0629 \u0623\u063a\u0646\u0627\u0645.. \u0645\u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f \u062a\u0648\u062b\u0642 \u0647\u062c\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u0636\u064a \u0628\u0644\u062f\u0629 \u0645\u062e\u0645\u0627\u0633\u060c \u0634\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0634\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0644\u0629#\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646<\/a> #\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0644\u0627\u0644_\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aTIx68vpoB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u062f\u064a\u0648\u0627\u0646 (@DiwanDaily) February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Haaretz cited one eyewitness as saying the settlers surrounded Abu Siam after he was shot, \u201chit him with clubs and stones, and almost killed him. They acted like animals \u2014 there was no humanity in them.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Soldiers who arrived on the scene \u201cwatched them and did nothing except hurl tear gas at us. It was awful,\u201d the person said, adding that the military ordered Palestinians to leave the barns.<\/p>\n In response to a query, the IDF said troops were dispatched to Mukhmas on Wednesday \u201cfollowing a report of rioting and violent confrontations that included stone-throwing,\u201d and that later, \u201canother force arrived at the scene and used riot dispersal means to restore order.\u201d<\/p>\n The military said it later received reports of gunfire by \u201csuspects\u201d that resulted in several Palestinians being wounded.<\/p>\n There were no reports of any arrests.<\/p>\n \u201cNo gunfire by IDF troops during the incident is known,\u201d the military said, adding that the incident is under further investigation. However, according to Kan, it was still unclear if the settler who fired the shot was part of one of the IDF\u2019s so-called area defense forces, known by its Hebrew acronym Hagmar.<\/p>\n \t Dozens of soldiers from such units, which comprise local settlers in reserve duty, have been dismissed for violations, including attacks on Palestinians, the military said<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n Abu Siam was the first person killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank in 2026, and the 37th since the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, according to the PA\u2019s official news agency WAFA.<\/p>\n Settler attacks have spiked since the Hamas onslaught. The attacks, which occur on a near-daily basis, largely go unchecked. Prosecutions of Jewish extremists are rare, and convictions are even rarer. Critics have accused the government, described as the most hardline in Israel\u2019s history, of shrugging off the attacks.<\/p>\n Data published by the IDF and Shin Bet security agency last month showed a 27 percent rise in settler attacks in 2025 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n In addition to the overall rise in settler attacks, in 2025 there was also an increase in the number of severe incidents, including shootings, arson, and other violent crimes: 128 in the past year, compared with 83 in 2024 and 54 in 2023, according to the data.<\/p>\n AP contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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