Young man killed by settlers' bullets during an attack on the village of Mukhamas in Jerusalem

Palestinian medical sources reported the martyrdom of 19-year-old Nasrallah Muhammad Jamal Abu Siam, who succumbed to critical injuries sustained during an attack carried out by groups of settlers on the village of Mukhamas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. The martyr had been transferred to the hospital in critical condition after being shot with live ammunition, where medical teams made efforts to save him before his death was announced this evening.

Mukhamas village witnessed widespread attacks carried out by dozens of settlers under direct protection from Israeli occupation forces, resulting in varying injuries to five Palestinian citizens. Field reports indicated that three of the injured were directly shot with live ammunition, while others suffered injuries resulting from physical assaults that accompanied the raid on the village and the destruction of its property.

The settlers' attacks were not limited to shooting but also included organized looting and theft targeting the property and livelihoods of the area's residents. Settler groups seized dozens of sheep owned by Palestinian citizens, in a move aimed at economically pressuring the residents and forcing them into forced displacement from their lands threatened with confiscation.

Mukhamas village and the neighboring Bedouin community of 'Khillet al-Sidra' are subjected to a series of systematic attacks that vary between burning homes and barns and destroying private vehicles. The acts of vandalism also affected the residents' simple infrastructure, including the smashing of solar panels, which represent the sole source of electricity, in addition to destroying surveillance systems that residents install to document these ongoing violations.

Approximately 59 individuals, mostly children and women, live in the 'Khillet al-Sidra' community, where they face harsh living conditions amidst the existential threats that pursue them. These attacks come within a broader settlement policy aimed at displacing Bedouin communities in the vicinity of occupied Jerusalem, amidst human rights appeals for the necessity of providing international protection for unarmed Palestinians in the face of escalating settler violence.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of 19-year-old Nasrallah Muhammad Jamal Abu Siam, who succumbed to his severe injuries from settlers' bullets.