Palestinian farmers from Khirbet Wadi a-Rakhim in the South Hebron Hills noticed, on Saturday, 7 March 2026, four Israeli settlers, armed with sticks and clubs, grazing cattle on the farmers’ private land. They called the police and went over to the settlers, filming the incident. They demanded the settlers leave and tried to drive them and their cattle away from the crops. A violent confrontation developed as the residents tried to defend their land, during which one Palestinian resident and one settler were injured.
At some point, the farmers began moving away. Meanwhile, a settler named Luria Luski arrived in military uniform, carrying a rifle, on an ATV together with his brother, Shem Tov Luski. After that, the settlers went back to attacking the residents with clubs and stones. One of them beat Muhammad Shinaran, 57, on the head and legs with a club. His son Amir, 28, started coming his way to help his father. Luria Luski fired a shot in the air and when Amir continued approaching, pointed his gun at him and shot him dead. Immediately afterward, he fired again, injuring Amir’s brother Khaled, 33. The two brothers were taken to Beita Hospital, where Amir was pronounced dead.
Only after the injured men were taken to hospital did large military and police forces arrive. The soldiers invaded residents’ homes and searched them, confining women and children in a kitchen until 9:30 P.M. They took the recording device from the home’s security camera recording and left.
Luski claimed he acted in self-defense, yet Israel never even interrogated him.
From October 2023 and to May 30, 2026, Israel killed 1,082 Palestinians in the West Bank, 35 of them killed by settlers. Under Israel’s apartheid regime, Palestinian lives continue to be treated as utterly expendable.
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