Tragic Fatality in Umm Safa: Exploring the Israeli Military’s Actions and an Arab Protester’s Death

On June 24, 2023, over 100 Israeli settlers rampaged through the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, burning houses and cars. On July 7, 2023, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army gunfire near Umm Safa. Additionally, Palestinians have reported hundreds of attacks by Israeli settlers on their villages in recent days. The Israeli military, police, and domestic security service chiefs have condemned these actions as “nationalist terrorism” and pledged to fight them. However, it is unclear from the search results whether the death of an Arab participant in a “protest” was a direct result of the actions of the Israeli military in Umm Safa.