Doctors forced to amputate leg of Palestinian shot by invading settler, locals say

Doctors at Israel’s Soroka Medical Center were forced to amputate the leg of a Palestinian who was shot yesterday by settlers who invaded Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, residents say.

While the residents of Khirbet al-Rakiz say they’ve spotted the settler behind the shooting continuing to roam free since the shooting. The Beyond the Herd solidarity group of Israeli activists identified him as Benjamin Bodenheimer, the security coordinator of the nearby Avigayil outpost.

Meanwhile, the victim, Sa’eed al-Amour, has been placed under arrest in his hospital room, which is being guarded by police. Amour’s 15-year-old son Elias was detained yesterday at the scene but has not been released.

The IDF has yet to respond to a request for comment on the incident, which took place in Masafer Yatta, an area of the Jordan Valley that was the subject of a 2025 Oscar-winning documentary about Israeli demolitions in the West Bank.

Residents say the shooting took place after settlers began work to put up a fence on land owned by Amour.