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Beit Sahour shooting
An illegal Israeli settler opened fire on Palestinian and Israeli peace activists during an event in the southern West Bank, according to Anadolu Ajansı.
“Armed settlers opened fire in our direction to force us to withdraw”
The shooting occurred during a joint activity organized by Combatants for Peace and Palestinian hosts on the outskirts of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, and Combatants for Peace said no injuries were reported.
Combatants for Peace said, “Armed settlers opened fire in our direction to force us to withdraw,” and added that the army intervened quickly “not to stop the settlers, but to eject our group of activists and journalists from the area, while the settlers were allowed to remain there.”
Anadolu Ajansı reported that the group said Israeli army forces arrived at the scene about 30 minutes after the shooting began and that the activity concluded without injuries.
Injury south of Bethlehem
WAFA Agency reported that a Palestinian sustained an injury by Israeli army fire in Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, on Friday evening, citing local sources.
WAFA said Israeli occupation forces raided the town and unleashed barrages of live ammunition and concussion bombs toward villagers, hitting a villager with a live round.
WAFA also described frequent raids of Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, and said these raids are conducted without a search warrant.
In a separate account, Saba said a Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ live fire on Friday evening during a raid on Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and said local sources reported live ammunition and tear gas were used.
Calls for investigation
Anadolu Ajansı reported that Combatants for Peace demanded an immediate investigation of the Beit Sahour incident and said the event protested attempts to displace Palestinians from their land and rising settler attacks in the West Bank.
“demanded an immediate investigation of the incident”
The group said representatives from the Beit Sahour municipality attended the event, along with Bishop William Shomali, a senior official of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Anadolu Ajansı also cited a UN warning that violence by settlers in the West Bank had reached unprecedented levels, saying it had documented more than 1,430 attacks since the beginning of 2026 against about 260 Palestinian communities.
The UN warning, as presented by Anadolu Ajansı, said those attacks, along with demolitions and evictions, have displaced 3,800 Palestinians, about half of them children, while the incident in Beit Sahour was described as occurring during a joint activity that ended without injuries.
