IDF Soldier Filmed Shooting Palestinian Man in Leg Near Faqoua, Jenin, Amid Settler Grazing Dispute

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, an Israeli soldier was filmed shooting and wounding a Palestinian man in the leg on the outskirts of the village of Faqoua (Faqqua), near Jenin in the northern West Bank. Troops had been dispatched to the area following reports of a clash between Palestinian residents and Israeli settlers from the newly established Zayit Bagilboa farming outpost, whose livestock had been brought to graze on disputed land. Footage showed the soldier, standing alongside a group of settlers, aiming his rifle at Palestinian men in an agricultural field and opening fire on one of them, who was standing several meters away and not throwing stones or posing any apparent threat at the moment he was shot. The Palestinian Red Crescent transported the wounded man for treatment; his condition was not disclosed. The IDF said troops had fired shots in the air and then at a Palestinian after settlers came under stone-throwing, and confirmed an initial probe found the soldier violated the military's rules of engagement, with the case forwarded for review by the relevant authorities.