Israeli Shot and Killed in West Bank by Palestinian, Officials Say

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The Israeli officials said an arrest had been made. The attack was on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Violence in the territory has grown recently.

An Israeli man was shot and killed in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Israeli authorities, who said they had detained a Palestinian suspect over the attack. It was part of a broader surge in violence in the territory.

The victim was shot near a spring close to the Israeli settlement of Neve Tzuf, roughly a dozen miles north of Jerusalem, on the eve of the Yom Kippur holiday, Israeli officials said. A local settler council identified him in a statement as Netanel Shakrun, a father of six who had arrived at the spring to ritually bathe before the holiday, which begins Sunday evening.

The Israeli military and police said they had arrested a suspect at a hospital in the nearby Palestinian city of Ramallah. They did not immediately name him or provide further details about him.

Violence has escalated in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. Israeli forces have launched sweeping military raids, saying they were seeking to root out Palestinian armed groups, displacing tens of thousands of people.

In recent weeks, Israeli civilians have committed a series of assaults against Palestinian homes in the north of the territory, including encircling and besieging a home belonging to an American citizen. In some cases, Israeli forces appeared to allow the attacks to proceed rather than immediately intervene, witnesses said.