28-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces during West Bank raid
Reporting based primarily on aljazeera.com.
A 28-year-old Palestinian man, Abdul Karim Muhammad Khader Suleiman, was killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank town of Aqraba south of Nablus on 8 September 2026.
West Bank Killing in Aqraba
The Palestinian health ministry announced the death of Abdul Karim Muhammad Khader Suleiman, who it said was shot and killed by the occupation forces on Tuesday morning in the town of Aqraba. [1] The incident occurred as part of a broader pattern of operations in the occupied West Bank that week. [3] Palestinian health ministry officials confirmed the cause of death as gunfire from Israeli forces. [1]
Israeli Forces' Actions in the Town
Israeli forces raided the western part of the town, surrounded the house, and used a bulldozer to demolish sections of the structure. [1] The town's mayor told Anadolu that Israeli forces besieged the house and shelled it, causing parts of the building to collapse. [2] Security sources reported that the raid involved surrounding the targeted residence before partial demolition began. [1] Palestinians inspected the damaged family home in Aqraba following the operation on 8 September 2026. [1]
Palestinians inspect the damaged family home in Aqraba after Israeli forces raid. — Source: anadolu
Broader West Bank Violence and Demolitions
Israeli forces carried out demolitions this week in the West Bank, including the complete destruction of all 12 homes in the community of Khirbet al-Tabban in Masafer Yatta, leaving 70 people including 30 children homeless. [3] Council head Nidal Younis described the action as wiping the village off the face of the earth, though residents stated they intend to rebuild. [3] In nearby Beit Ummar in Hebron, forces destroyed four water wells and several greenhouses, causing an estimated $60,000 in losses. [3] A home was also demolished in Nahalin in the Bethlehem governorate. [3] Bulldozing of hundreds of farmers’ trees continued along the Arraba-Yabad and Jenin-Nablus roads as part of six military orders issued in August. [3] In occupied East Jerusalem’s al-Bustan neighbourhood, municipal bulldozers demolished a four-apartment building, marking the 60th demolition there since October 2023. [3] Another home was demolished in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina on Monday morning. [3] Authorities forced a Palestinian man in the city’s Jabal al-Mukaber area to demolish his home. [3] Settlers and soldiers raided the village of al-Mughayyir northeast of Ramallah on the evening of Wednesday after accusing residents of stealing livestock, with snipers opening fire and killing Khalil Abu Alia, 16, and Mohammad Nassan, 19. [3] The Israeli military stated troops were securing the retrieval of livestock when a violent riot broke out and soldiers fired at key instigators. [3] Eyewitnesses reported that Nassan was shot in the back. [3] In the days after, mourners were beaten and pepper-sprayed, their vehicle stolen, and an ambulance attacked. [3] Israeli settlers killed Omar Tubasi, 20, and injured three people when they raided and opened fire on the village of Hajja east of Qalqilya governorate. [3] Settlers also stormed Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills on Friday, injuring a child, after which soldiers declared the area a closed military zone enforced only for Palestinians. [3] In Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah, a settler was filmed atop a Palestinian home declaring this land is Jewish. [3] In Qusra south of Nablus, a month-long siege of three homes continued. [3] Settlers stole water tanks and livestock in the Jordan Valley and sabotaged water lines serving a Bedouin encampment near Tayasir. [3] In East Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police shot and killed Ibrahim al-Hendi, 33, from Beit Hanina near Damascus Gate on Friday, claiming he had tried to stab an officer. [3]
Israeli Ministers' Gaza Depopulation Push
Far-right Israeli ministers began more forcefully advocating the wholesale removal of Palestinians in Gaza last week, offering timelines and government mechanisms to conduct illegal forced expulsions. [3] Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told a conference on Wednesday that removing Palestinians from Gaza is the only solution, saying Israel is prepared to do it by sea, by air and by every way possible, and that US President Donald Trump has merely frozen not cancelled his support for the idea. [3] National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unveiled a seven-year plan branded Disengagement 710 to remove Gaza’s roughly two million residents through what he called voluntary emigration. [3] Ben-Gvir added that if re-elected he would establish a Migration Ministry to expel Palestinians. [3]
Israeli forces raid and partially demolish a house in the West Bank town of Aqraba. — Source: aljazeera
Gaza Casualties and Humanitarian Conditions
Gaza’s death toll has continued climbing through near-daily strikes. [3] An Israeli special forces raid near Gaza City’s American hospital on Tuesday killed at least four Palestinians including two children and a woman, ending with the capture of Moin al-Arabeed. [3] A drone strike killed a child in Jabalia refugee camp on Wednesday, the same day an attack on a tent in Khan Younis killed one person. [3] On Thursday two Palestinians including a 13-year-old were shot dead near Beit Lahia after Israel said they had crossed into an Israeli-controlled area, while a separate drone strike killed a man near a church compound in Gaza City’s Remal neighbourhood. [3] Strikes continued through the week’s end with an attack near a school in Gaza City wounding several and a drone strike on a car near Gaza City’s Hamid intersection killing Youssef Akila and his young daughter Wafaa. [3] Before dawn on Monday at least five more Palestinians in Gaza were killed including three-year-old Saadi Ghalia when an artillery shell struck a school in Deir el-Balah sheltering displaced people. [3] By Monday the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 73,658 people have been killed and 174,622 wounded since October 2023 after 160 additional deaths were certified and added to the casualty figures. [3] Of those more than 1,340 have been killed since the October 2025 Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. [3] Families in northern Gaza held funerals on Sunday for around 100 people including 60 children whose remains were pulled from the rubble of Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood. [3] Gaza civil defence chief Raed al-Dahshan told Al Jazeera his teams could recover an estimated 8,000 more bodies still under the rubble within 90 days if given proper heavy equipment but warned that without it this work will continue for years. [3] Between 10,000 and 14,000 people remain missing under Gaza’s rubble. [3] The World Health Organization warned that water contamination in Gaza has nearly tripled since January. [3] The Palestinian Water Authority reported all five of Gaza’s wastewater plants have shut down entirely with roughly 55,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage discharged daily. [3]
International Reaction
The US State Department said it does not support any plan or proposal for the forced displacement expulsion or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza but stopped short of directly condemning Katz or Ben-Gvir. [3]
What to watch next: Recovery of additional bodies from Gaza rubble is expected to continue over the coming weeks and months depending on access to heavy equipment while further settler raids and demolitions remain ongoing across multiple West Bank locations.
