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

Israeli forces bar Israeli and Palestinian activists from delivering food and medicine to homes besieged by settlers.Israeli police have killed a Palestinian man in Jerusalem and the Israeli army has blocked humanitarian assistance from reaching an occupied West Bank village besieged by settlers for weeks.Officers opened fire on a 33-year-old Palestinian near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police said its border guard “neutralised” the man, claiming he was attempting to stab one of them.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Worshippers in West Bank tear-gassed as Israeli attacks on mosques surgelist 2 of 3Palestinians in fear as Israeli forces mount pogroms on West Bank mosqueslist 3 of 3Two Palestinians killed as settlers, Israeli forces raid West Bank villageend of listThe Palestinian Wafa news agency identified the man as Ibrahim al-Hendi from East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighbourhood. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Following the incident, Israeli forces deployed around Damascus Gate and the surrounding area of Jerusalem’s Old City, Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera.Separately, the Israeli army said that it arrested Palestinians in the town of Qabatiya in the West Bank, alleging they were “planning to carry out an attack” against Israelis and security forces.Ten other Palestinians were arrested during a 48-hour Israeli army operation in Nablus in the West Bank. The Israeli army said it seized more than “30 weapon production machines used to manufacture weapons” during the operation.Meanwhile, Israeli settlers and soldiers carried out attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, Wafa reported. Settlers stormed the Khirbet al-Hamra community in the northern Jordan Valley and assaulted one resident.Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers, also attacked Khalet a-Nahlah in southern Bethlehem. Israeli forces also fired tear gas and concussion grenades at a crowd of Palestinians who gathered to resist the attacks.Israeli forces block peace activists carrying food and water from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been cut off from supplies by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra on September 4, 2026 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]Blocking access to QusraAs violence and harassment of Palestinians continues across the occupied territory, the Israeli army on Friday also prevented around 100 peace activists from delivering food and medicine to Palestinians who have been under siege in the town of Qusra for 28 days.