A Palestinian man was shot dead and four others were wounded by armed settlers who stole dozens of livestock while accompanied by troops of the Israel Defense Forces in the central West Bank’s Mukhmas on Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority said overnight.

The person killed was identified as Mukhmas resident Nasrallah Abu Siam, 19. Abu Siam’s mother told The Associated Press that he also held American citizenship.

Footage from Abu Siam’s funeral in Mukhmas on Thursday showed people waving Palestinian flags and chanting religious and populist slogans as they carried his body, which was wrapped in a Palestinian flag and a keffiyeh.

The US Embassy in Israel did not respond to requests for comment Thursday. The IDF said it was investigating the incident.

Mukhmas residents cited by the Kan public broadcaster said Abu Siam was shot when some 30 masked settlers, some of them armed, raided Palestinian barns and stole 380 head of livestock, as Palestinian shepherds tried to fend off the settlers.

Security camera footage from Mukhmas, published by left-wing activist group Herd of Justice, showed a settler running into a barn and waving a stick to get the animals out.

מתנחלים מבריחים צאן מדיר בכפר מוחמאס שבגדה.צילום: Herd of Justice pic.twitter.com/Y32FrhqARW — הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) February 18, 2026

מתנחלים מבריחים צאן מדיר בכפר מוחמאס שבגדה.צילום: Herd of Justice pic.twitter.com/Y32FrhqARW

— הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) February 18, 2026

Other footage from a hand-held camera, published by Kan, showed people identified as Palestinians hurling stones toward a raised position as rocks thrown from above fall around them.

One person in the clip can be seen falling to the ground and being dragged away by another.

תיעוד: פלסטינים זורקים אבנים לפני הירי אתמול בשטחי מרעה ליד רמאללה שממנו נהרג נסראללה אבו סיאם, תושב הכפר מוחמאס. בצה״ל עורכים תחקיר של מפקד החטיבה ומפקד אוגדת איו״ש........

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