Nablus, March 14, 2026 (WAFA) – A young man was killed on Saturday evening, and two others were wounded by live ammunition and another by beating, as a result of an attack by settlers on the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.
The Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of the young man, Amir Mu’tasim Mahmoud Odeh (28 years old), who was shot by settlers in Qusra.
Medical sources reported that the young man, Awda, died from injuries sustained from live ammunition in the chest area, while two others were injured by live ammunition in the knee and thigh. The father of the martyr was also assaulted during the settlers’ attack on the town.
Qusra Mayor Hani Awda told Wafa that armed settlers attacked the Karak area west of the town and fired live ammunition at homes and young men, resulting in four citizens being wounded by live fire and beatings. They were transferred to the Al-Jazair Medical Center in the town for treatment. Later, the young man Amir and another injured person were transferred to Rafidia Governmental Hospital, where he underwent resuscitation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and his death was announced .
With the martyrdom of the young man Awda, the number of martyrs killed by settler gunfire and attacks since the beginning of this month rises to 7 martyrs, as settlers carried out more than 192 attacks during the two weeks of war and prevailing regional tension, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
The commission stated that the number of martyrs who were killed by settlers’ bullets since the beginning of this year has risen to 8 martyrs, while the number has risen since October 7, 2023 to 44 martyrs, amid escalating settler attacks on Palestinian villages, towns and communities in the West Bank .
The head of the commission, Minister Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, affirmed that the ongoing attacks carried out by settlers against Palestinian villages reflect an organized escalation aimed at spreading terror among citizens and restricting them in their lands, stressing that these crimes are carried out under the direct protection of the occupation forces, and within the framework of a policy aimed at consolidating colonial expansion at the expense of the Palestinian presence.
The commission said in a report issued on Friday that the settlers’ exploitation of this turbulent climate to intensify their aggression against Palestinian villages and communities has taken on a more organized and widespread character, including direct shooting at citizens, burning homes and property, and imposing new field realities on the ground .
She stressed that these attacks have become part of a broader dynamic, seeking to exploit the moment of regional and international preoccupation to accelerate the change in the geographical and demographic reality in the West Bank, at the expense of the Palestinian presence .
She indicated that these attacks were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron with 47 attacks, Tubas with 42 attacks, Nablus with 35 attacks, Bethlehem with 14 attacks, Jerusalem with 12 attacks, and others in Salfit, Jericho and Qalqilya .
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