Israeli forces kill Palestinian man and withhold his body near Nablus

Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026.

Key points

• Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader was killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces besieged his home and targeted it with an Energa antitank rifle grenade.
• Additionally in southern Hebron, Israeli forces have kicked off demolishing homes in the village of Khallit al-Dabe in Masafer Yatta, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent.
• Adnan Ghaith, Jerusalem's governor, remarked that the raids in Anata are a continuation of Israeli attempts to impose a siege on northeast Jerusalem.
• Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
• Israeli forces have closed all entrances to Shu'fat and Anata and banned residents from entering or exiting, Wafa documented.

Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. They then withheld his body, Palestine's Wafa news agency documented.

Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader was killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces besieged his home and targeted it with an Energa antitank rifle grenade. According to security sources, Israeli forces applied a bulldozer to demolish sections of his home after raiding Aqraba and surrounding the building.

In practice, an Israeli army spokesperson asserted that the army killed an armed man who tried to attack soldiers.

For context, the Israeli army introduced widespread raids early on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, including in the town of Anata and the Shu'fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, and Dura, near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.

In Dura and Hebron, Israeli forces arrested at least 10 individuals, including Fayez al-Jabari and his son and two former prisoners who had been issued, Ayoub al-Awawda and Montaser Shadid, Wafa documented.

Adnan Ghaith, Jerusalem's governor, remarked that the raids in Anata are a continuation of Israeli attempts to impose a siege on northeast Jerusalem. He continued that forces are preventing ambulances from reaching the injured.

Additionally in Anata, Israeli forces bulldozed main water lines, threatening residents' water access.

In practice, an Al Jazeera correspondent documented that the raids in Shu'fat are similar to the widespread violent raids Israeli forces have been conducting in Qalqilya.

For now, israeli forces kill Palestinian man and withhold his body near Nablus remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.