Israeli Forces Kill Nayef Feras Ziad Samaro, 26, During Raid in Nablus

Israeli forces opened fire during an ongoing raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, killing a Palestinian man and wounding four others, according to multiple reports.

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WAFA said the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the killing of Nayef Feras Samaro, 26, who “sustained critical gunshot wounds to the head,” while “four others were injured by live ammunition,” including “one in the pelvis” and “another in the chest,” and “two children.”

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The Los Angeles Times reported that an Israeli military raid in Nablus killed “one Palestinian man and wounded four others, including a child,” and said the man’s wife was in labor at a hospital when she was informed of his death.

The New Arab similarly said Israeli forces killed “Nayef Firas Ziad Samaro, 26” by live fire and that “at least four other people were wounded by gunshots,” including “a 12-year-old child who was shot in the shoulder.”

Al Arabiya English reported that “Palestinian health officials on Sunday said a Palestinian man was killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Nablus,” identifying the victim as “26-year-old Nayef Firas Ziad Samaro,” and said the Rafidia hospital in Ramallah confirmed his death after doctors “attempts to save his life failed.”

Across the accounts, the raid unfolded in a crowded civilian setting: the Los Angeles Times said it occurred “as schools were letting out,” and WAFA described heavy pedestrian and shopper presence as tear gas and stun grenades were fired.

Several reports described the operational details of the Nablus raid, including how Israeli forces entered the city and what they did while searching shops and moving through streets.

WAFA said Israeli forces “stormed the city through the Deir Sharaf checkpoint and deployed along Asira Street,” carrying out raids on “several shops in the Al-Ein refugee camp and along Sufian Street in the city’s commercial center.”

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It added that “The raid was accompanied by the firing of tear gas and stun grenades amid heavy traffic and a busy presence of pedestrians and shoppers in the area,” and said medical sources reported ambulance crews treated “at least three live-fire injuries, including two children.”

The Los Angeles Times also described the raid as taking place “in an area crowded with civilians,” and said witnesses reported it happened “as schools were letting out for the day.”

Al Arabiya English said eyewitnesses described troops entering “several neighborhoods in the city center and began searching shops,” then leaving briefly before returning, while clashes broke out after “a handful of youngsters started throwing stones at the army vehicles.”

The New Arab said soldiers “surrounded a building in the city centre, firing live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas,” and that “around 40 others were treated for smoke inhalation.”

The reports also diverged on the stated trigger for the raid, with Israeli statements emphasizing a confrontation and Palestinian and rights-focused accounts emphasizing the impact on civilians.

“The Israeli army killed a Palestinian child during a raid on Nablus”

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The Los Angeles Times said Israel’s military in a statement said it responded to a confrontation in the Nablus area in which several “terrorists” threw rocks toward soldiers, and that “Soldiers fired and ‘several hits were identified.’”

Al Arabiya English likewise quoted the military saying “Several terrorists hurled rocks toward the soldiers, posing a threat to them,” and said “The soldiers responded with riot dispersal means, and subsequently with fire toward the terrorists in order to remove the threat and disperse the gathering.”

In contrast, WAFA and the Los Angeles Times framed the raid as occurring amid civilian activity, with WAFA describing “heavy traffic and a busy presence of pedestrians and shoppers,” and the Los Angeles Times describing schools letting out and a crowded civilian area.

The New Arab described the raid as “amid an escalating wave of violence by the Israeli army and settlers,” and said soldiers fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas while surrounding a building in the city centre.

The Los Angeles Times also placed the incident within a broader pattern of violence, saying “At least 42 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of 2026,” and that “Armed settlers were responsible for at least 11 of those deaths,” citing the U.N. humanitarian office.

Beyond the Nablus raid, the sources placed Sunday’s violence within a wider escalation across the occupied West Bank, including additional raids, injuries, and settler actions.

The New Arab reported that “In a separate incident, Israeli forces stormed the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarm, interrogating dozens of residents after raiding and searching multiple homes,” and said “A 13-year-old boy was also injured after being beaten by soldiers in al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.”

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It also described settler violence, saying “Israeli settlers uprooted more than 1,000 olive trees over the past day across multiple villages in the occupied West Bank,” and quoted Awad Abu Samra saying settlers uprooted “nearly 1,000 olive trees, around 50 years old.”

The New Arab added that Abu Samra said “more than 15,000 olive trees have been destroyed in the area over the past six months,” and described a settlement outpost established “roughly 300 metres from the last Palestinian homes.”

It further reported that in Qusra, south of Nablus, mayor Abdul Azim Wadi said settlers uprooted “more than 400 olive trees - including some over 70 years old,” and that in the Wadi Qana area of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit, settlers cut down “around 40 olive trees” and destroyed “multiple solar panels.”

The Los Angeles Times and Al Arabiya English both anchored the escalation in Gaza-war-era violence, with the Los Angeles Times citing U.N. figures and Al Arabiya English citing “almost daily violence since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023.”

While the Nablus raid was the focus of several reports, another source described continuing violence in Gaza and linked it to ceasefire violations, underscoring the wider war context.

“The Palestinian Authority said on Friday that a 21-year-old man was killed by Israeli fire in a village near Nablus, in the northern West Bank, where the Israeli army confirmed it had opened fire on stone-throwers”

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The التلفزيون العربي report said “At least four Palestinians were killed today, Thursday, in Israeli occupation airstrikes on the Gaza Strip,” and that “a 15-year-old boy was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.”

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It specified that Gaza medics said a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting “the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip,” and that the strike left others injured, while the Israeli army said it targeted “gunmen transporting ammunition and posing a threat to soldiers.”

The report also said health officials reported “the deaths of three more Palestinians, including a member of rescue crews, in a separate airstrike that hit the Maghazi refugee camp in the Deir al-Balah area in central Gaza.”

On ceasefire violations, the report said “The Israeli occupation has committed 2,400 breaches of the ceasefire agreement, including killings, arrests, blockades, and starvation, according to the government media office in Gaza in mid-month.”

For the West Bank portion, it said in Nablus “Israeli forces opened fire on a boy and killed him during an ongoing raid in the city,” identifying the boy as “15-year-old Yousef Samih Ishtiya,” and quoting WAFA medical sources that he was killed from serious injuries “in the shoulder area.”