HEBRON, April 17, 2026 (WAFA) – A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Saturday morning in Khirbet Salama, west of Dura, southwest of Hebron.
Security and local sources told WAFA that Israeli forces shot and killed 25-year-old Muhammad Ahmad Abu Ghaliyeh al-Suwaiti in Khirbet Salama, claiming he was attempting to approach the settlement of Negohot, built on Palestinian land and property southwest of Hebron. He died at the scene.
Sources said he was pronounced dead at the scene, and Israeli forces withheld his body following the shooting.
Khirbet Salama is located west of Dura in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. It is one of the villages occupied by Israel during the 1967 war.
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