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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Palestinian dies after being filmed collapsing from heart attack during settler raid
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian media outlets report that Iyad Arar, 60, from the village of Qarawat Bani Zeid, died of a heart attack during a settler raid of a park where he worked as a guard in the Salfit area of the West Bank.
Footage circulated on social media appears to show him attempting to speak with several settlers who arrived at the site. One of the settlers is then seen climbing a wall to enter the park’s parking lot. Arar tries to chase after the settler but collapses in front of the wall.
He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
لحظة ارتقاء الشهيد عائد عرار على يد المستوطنين في بلدة قراوة بني زيد شمال رام الله حيث يعمل حارس في قاعة صوفيا بارك pic.twitter.com/d8un2zQFNr
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