Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Youth Naif Samaro During Raid in Nablus

Israeli forces killed Palestinian youth Naif Firas Ziad Samaro, 26, in the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank during an Israeli army raid, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and AFP.

“In a moment when life and death collided in the starkest form of contradiction, a young Palestinian man was martyred by Israeli occupation forces with gunfire in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, at the same time in the hospital where his wife was giving birth to their first child”

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The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a brief statement that the youth’s death was followed by “the injury of four others by live bullets during the occupation forces’ raid on the city of Nablus.”

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The Israeli army said its forces responded to stones thrown toward them with live ammunition during “anti-terror operations carried out by army soldiers in the Nablus area,” adding that “a violent confrontation erupted” when “a number of militants threw stones at the soldiers, posing a danger to them.”

It stated that “The soldiers used riot-dispersal means, then fired at the militants to remove the threat and disperse the crowd,” and that “Several injuries were recorded.”

AFP reported that Rafidia Government Hospital director Fouad Nafea said Samaro arrived at the hospital “in critical condition and doctors’ attempts to save his life failed.”

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated 45 injuries, including five injuries from live bullets and 40 injuries from inhaling gas, and that ten wounded were transported to the city’s hospitals.

AFP footage showed dozens of young men carrying Samaro’s body as relatives mourned him, with his head wrapped in a medical bandage, while “Daily violence continues in the West Bank.”

A separate report described the death of Naif Sumarro as occurring “at the moment of his first child's birth,” placing the killing in the same hospital where his wife was giving birth.

Al-Jazeera Net said that “Twenty-six-year-old Naif Sumarro (26) had brought his wife to Rafidia Hospital as she was in labor,” and that “amid the joy, he headed to central Nablus to buy some sweets and necessities to celebrate the arrival of his firstborn.”

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It said the “occupation — which has turned Palestinian life into a living hell and excelled at that — was on the lookout,” as forces “stormed the city suddenly and opened fire, wounding several people including Sumarro.”

The report stated that “the ambulance carried the young man to the same hospital where his wife lay,” after he sustained “critical head injuries,” and that “he died from his wounds.”

It added that “The child was born an orphan,” and said activists described the scene as revealing “part of the occupation's brutality and its crimes against Palestinians.”

The same article quoted Dr. Ghassan Hamdan, head of the Palestinian Medical Relief, saying that the army “stormed a commercial area crowded with residents” and that “the martyr was present on one of the area's streets.”

Hamdan explained that “the army opened fire, which led to Naif Sumarro being shot in the head,” and stressed that “the Palestinian people need international protection from the occupying army.”

Beyond Nablus, the sources describe other deaths in the occupied West Bank tied to Israeli operations and raids.

“Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank (Health Ministry)”

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In a report carried by صحيفة الخليج, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that the Israeli army killed two people, including “a fourteen-year-old boy in Hebron in the southern West Bank,” and that the boy was shot in the abdomen with his death announced at the hospital.

The Israeli army said it was “verifying this information.”

The same report said that a Palestinian was also killed by Israeli fire during a raid in the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, citing a statement from the Palestinian Health Ministry.

It reported that the Israeli army said in a statement that “two terrorists attacked two soldiers” who opened fire, killing one of them, while the other was arrested, and that “The two soldiers were wounded and taken to the hospital.”

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead as Abdul-Halim Rouhi Abdul-Halim Hamad (37), quoting WAFA that local sources said “the occupation forces executed the young man inside his home in front of his family, after breaking in.”

WAFA also quoted local sources saying they stopped him while wounded “before it was announced that he had been martyred later, and his father was arrested.”

The sources also present competing casualty tallies tied to the Gaza war’s start and the broader violence in the West Bank.

The AFP-based report in مونت كارلو الدولية said that “At least 1,069 Palestinians have been killed, including militants, by Israeli soldiers or settlers since the Gaza war began after Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023,” citing an AFP tally based on Palestinian Authority data.

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It contrasted that with “By contrast, official Israeli data show at least 46 Israelis killed, civilians and soldiers, in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations.”

The صحيفة الخليج report similarly stated that “Israeli forces and settlers have killed about 1,067 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war,” and said “Official Israeli data indicate that 46 Israelis, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in attacks carried out by Palestinians.”

The two figures for Palestinians differ between “At least 1,069” and “about 1,067,” while both sources align on “46 Israelis.”

The Nablus account also included a specific injury breakdown from the Palestinian Red Crescent, saying “45 injuries, including five injuries from live bullets and 40 injuries from inhaling gas,” which adds granularity to the immediate aftermath.

In the same Nablus report, the Israeli army’s narrative emphasized that it responded to stones thrown at soldiers and used “riot-dispersal means” before firing.

The Al-Jazeera Net report also frames the Nablus death through Hamas’s response and a call for continued confrontation.

It said that “Hamas mourned the martyr Sumarro,” and that it “affirmed that his blood and the blood of all the martyrs will not be in vain.”

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The report added that Hamas called for “the defeat of the occupier,” and it urged “escalation of all means of confrontation and to inflict pain on the occupation.”

In the same account, the funeral prayer was led by the father of the martyr Naif Sumarro, and the report described the body being carried through Nablus streets to the cemetery, including “the Martyrs' Circle in central Nablus.”

It also included a quoted question from the writer Magda Mahfouz: “What oppression is this, world, that takes his wife to Rafidia Hospital to give birth to their first child after a year of marriage, and he goes to buy supplies for the awaited joy, only to be snatched by a treacherous bullet lodged in his head, and he returns carried to the same hospital, but he is a martyr.”

The report’s depiction of the timing of the killing and the birth is presented as part of its argument about brutality, saying the child “did not hear his first cry or get to embrace his first joy.”

While the AFP-based report emphasized the Israeli army’s claim that it fired to remove a threat after stones were thrown, Al-Jazeera Net emphasizes the Palestinian framing of intent and impact.