Israeli settler killed in West Bank shooting, gunman arrested

An Israeli settler was shot and killed by a Palestinian gunman near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in an attack that prompted a major security response from Israeli authorities. The victim, identified by the Samaria Regional Council as Netanel Shukrun, 36, was at the Ein Rayya spring with his eldest son to immerse in water ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday when the shooting occurred. His son was not injured. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the attacker opened fire from a vehicle toward Israelis at the spring, striking Shukrun as he sat in his own car. The gunman, a 37-year-old man from the village of Biddu, was wounded at the scene and fled. After a manhunt lasting roughly three hours, Israeli special forces from the Duvdevan Unit arrested him at a hospital in the Ramallah area, where he had sought treatment. The capture of a suspect alive is noted as uncommon in such incidents. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered immediate reinforcements, closures, arrests, and the demolition of the attacker's home in response.