Israeli police kill Palestinian in Jerusalem as army blocks aid for Qusra

What the report says

Israeli police killed a Palestinian man in Jerusalem on Friday near Damascus Gate, according to Al Jazeera’s report. Police said a border guard “neutralised” the man while alleging he was trying to stab an officer. The Palestinian news agency Wafa identified him as 33-year-old Ibrahim al-Hendi from Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, and said he died at the scene. After the shooting, Israeli forces were deployed around Damascus Gate and parts of the Old City.

In a separate development in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army stopped about 100 activists from bringing food and medicine to Palestinian families in Qusra. Al Jazeera reported that settlers have besieged three homes in the village for 28 days, while the army has barred the families from entering or leaving, saying the area is a closed military zone. Peace Now said activists were first blocked and later detained after trying to reach the homes with supplies. Qusra’s mayor said the blocked aid was meant for three trapped families.

The report also described wider unrest across the West Bank, including settler assaults in Khirbet a-Hamra and Khalet a-Nahlah, and Israeli arrests in Qabatiya and Nablus. The developments add to long-running tensions in the occupied territory, where Palestinian residents and rights groups say settler violence and movement restrictions are worsening humanitarian conditions.