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Saturday, August 15, 2026
Palestinian nurse paralyzed after settlers opened fire near his home, nursing union says; boy, 16, said injured in separate incident
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Palestinian nurse has been permanently paralyzed after settler gunfire in the southern West Bank yesterday evening severed his spinal cord, the Palestinian Nursing and Midwifery Association says.
The shooting of 26-year-old Muhammad al-Mutawwar near his home in the Hebron-area town of Sa’ir was “not a passing or individual incident, but the continuation of ongoing attacks on our Palestinian people, and on healthcare workers in particular,” the national nursing organization says.
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— فلسطين أون لايـن (@F24online) August 15, 2026
Mutawwar, a nurse at the Governmental Hospital in the southern West Bank’s Dura, was shot in the back when settlers opened fire on Sa’ir’s al-Uddeissa area, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Another young woman was also hit in the back and in the head, the Red Crescent said. Both of the wounded were taken to the Governmental Hospital in Hebron.
Palestinian media reports that the two were shot as some 30 settlers attacked al-Uddeissa from a nearby outpost established about 10 days ago. In footage published by Palestinian outlets from around dusk yesterday, three gunshots are heard that were apparently fired at homes in al-Uddeissa from a hilltop opposite them.
???? فيديو| لحظة إطلاق المستوطنين الرصاص خلال هجومهم على منطقة "العديسة" في بلدة سعير، شمال الخليل pic.twitter.com/l8L62mVcYy
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) August 14, 2026
Today, the Red Crescent says it treated a 16-year-old boy after settlers beat him near Israeli security forces’ roadblock at Ein Shibli, east of Tubas in the northern West Bank. The Red Crescent says Israeli forces initially prevented its ambulance from arriving.
Sources in the organization are cited by WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’ official news outlet, as saying the ambulance was delayed for over an hour.
The IDF does not immediately respond to request for comment on either incident.
The Times of Israel Community.