Mourners prepare to bury the body of 17-year-old Palestinian Salim Fuqaha, whose body was held by Israeli authorities since he was killed on March 16, during the funeral at a cemetery in the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Aug. 20, 2026. (Credit: Zain Jaafar/AFP)
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man on Friday in the city of Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, while Israeli settler gunfire killed a 17-year-old teen in the Palestinian village of village of Sair.
In Jenin, 58-year-old Fathi Zidan Hazem, "died from injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli forces early Friday," the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement, adding that Israel was withholding his body.
The Israeli military alleged that the man they shot had attempted to stab a solider while troops were operating in the area of Jenin. "The soldiers responded by firing toward the terrorist and eliminating him," the military statement said, adding no injuries were reported among troops.
Hazem was a retired colonel in the Palestinian National Security Forces.
In April 2022, after his son, Raad Hazem, carried out a shooting spree in Tel Aviv in which he killed three Israelis and wounded several others, Israeli authorities demanded that Fathi Hazem hand himself in.
His son was shot dead by Israeli forces after a massive manhunt.
A second son, Abdul Rahman Hazem, was killed during an Israeli military raid targeting alleged militants in the Jenin refugee camp in September 2022.
AFP footage from the scene on Friday showed a pool of blood and bullets scattered among groceries in the family's home.
A Palestinian eyewitness, who declined to give her name to AFP, said Israeli forces raided her neighbor's house in the early hours and told Hazem to raise his hands, which he refused to do.
"He then attacked them with a knife, and they shot him seven times in front of his 10-year-old son. They dragged him down the stairs and took him with them," she said.
'Settler gunfire' kills teen
Meanwhile, in the Palestinian town of Sair, near the southern city of Hebron, "17-year-old Karim Sanad Raja Shalaldeh was killed by settler gunfire" during an attack, the Palestinian health ministry said.
A family member and a medical source at the Al-Mezan Hospital in Hebron confirmed his death.
The attack also left a 70-year-old man injured, according to Palestinian official news agency Wafa.
The Israeli military said troops were dispatched to the area after a report of Palestinians throwing rocks at "Israeli civilians who were present in the area without advanced authorization."
"As a result of the rock hurling, Israeli civilians were injured," it said, adding that "a security official opened fire in the area, and there are Palestinian casualties as a result of the shooting."
The military told AFP the "security official" is a member of a rapid response security squad for a West Bank settlement.
It said that "soldiers operated to disperse the confrontation and removed the Israeli civilians from the area."
Violence in the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Since then, at least 1,099 Palestinians, including militants, have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers, according to Palestinian figures.
Official Israeli data shows that at least 48 Israelis, both civilians and security personnel, have been killed in attacks by Palestinians or during Israeli military operations.
