Two teens arrested over attack on Palestinian amputee

Police say they arrested a 16-year-old settler accused of clubbing a Palestinian amputee yesterday, as well as a 17-year-old Israeli who allegedly recorded the attack.

The suspected attacker, from the Hebron-area settlement of Avigayil, was arrested overnight and police will seek to keep him in custody when he appears before a judge later today. The 17-year-old, from Jerusalem, was released to house arrest, police say.

HORRIFIC: A video shows an Israeli settler terrorist assaulting an elderly Palestinian amputee in Hebron, in the West Bank, beating him with a club. pic.twitter.com/9kYCYB7CUx

— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) August 22, 2026

The attack yesterday occurred in the hamlet of Khirbet al-Rakiz, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron.

The victim was identified in Palestinian media as Sheikh Saeed al-Amour, 61, who lost his leg in April 2025 when he was shot during a clash with settlers.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said Amour was hospitalized following yesterday’s attack.

Officers also confiscated a Ranger ATV seen in the video, which police say the teens had been driving without a license.

The vehicle is the same type that the Settlements Ministry provides wildcat farming outposts in the West Bank whose residents have been accused of generating perpetual harassment of Palestinians.

In December, Israeli soldiers were filmed knocking Amour to the ground, taking his crutch and carrying him into a military vehicle. Amour told the Haaretz newspaper that he was held for several hours at a nearby military base, bound and blindfolded.

חייל מפיל את השייח סעיד אל־אמור אל הארץ ומכוון אליו את נשקו, ביום שישי pic.twitter.com/wiEHNMH2iQ

— הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) December 27, 2025

The IDF told Haaretz at the time that troops had used “reasonable” force against Amour because he had “acted with violence” against a security vehicle belonging to the Avigayil settlement.