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Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank

Incident occurred during a land dispute between settlers and villagers, with the IDF investigating.

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Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank

What this story says

  • An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the leg in Faqqua, West Bank.
  • The incident happened during a dispute over grazing livestock on Palestinian land.
  • Eyewitnesses state settlers brought livestock onto the land, prompting villagers to intervene before Israeli forces opened fire.
  • The IDF confirmed a soldier fired and is investigating the incident.

Who covered it

Left 28%(15)Centre 19%(11)Right 53%(26)

Percentages are shares of the 52 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 75 of the 127 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

65/100

Hype

45/100

127 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 15 of the 52 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the leg in Faqqua, a village in the occupied West Bank. The shooting occurred during a confrontation between Israeli settlers and Palestinian villagers concerning the use of Palestinian-owned land for grazing livestock. Eyewitnesses reported that settlers arrived with their animals, which led local residents to attempt to stop them. Israeli forces then intervened, and according to individuals present, opened fire on the villagers. One soldier shot the Palestinian man, identified as Qassem Hussam, in the leg.

Disagreement on IDF's initial actions

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed that one of their soldiers fired a weapon. The IDF stated that the soldier fired into the air and then towards a Palestinian. However, eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces opened fire on the residents. The IDF has launched an investigation into the soldier involved, with the Times of Israel reporting that the soldier may have violated army protocol.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports mention the name of the Palestinian man who was shot. The right-rated digest from Arab News did not mention the specific location of the incident or the details of the land dispute.

Tags:#WestBank#IsraeliSettlers#PalestinianConflict#IDF#HumanRights

Coverage settled. We checked this 122 times and stopped on 17 Sept 2026, 20:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

15 rated outlets

  • Fourteen left-rated outlets reported on an Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian man in the leg in the West Bank. The incident occurred near Faqqua, where settlers had brought livestock to graze on Palestinian land. Witnesses stated that villagers attempted to stop the settlers, leading to intervention by Israeli soldiers.
  • The Israeli Defence Forces confirmed one of their soldiers fired shots, first into the air and then towards a Palestinian man. The Palestinian, identified as Qassem Husam, was wounded in the leg and taken to hospital in moderate condition. The IDF stated it was investigating the incident and that the soldier may have violated protocol.
  • Several outlets also highlighted a report by the Israeli NGO B'Tselem, which accuses Israel of pursuing an 'elimination project' in the West Bank. This project, according to B'Tselem, aims to destroy the conditions necessary for Palestinian existence through violence, movement restrictions, and territorial conquest.

Centre

11 rated outlets

  • Two centre-rated reports, both digests, covered the event. IntelliNews's digest stated an Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the leg as settlers confronted villagers by grazing livestock on Palestinian-owned land. It reported eyewitnesses said settlers entered the area with livestock, prompting residents to try to stop them, and Israeli forces then intervened and opened fire. Cedarnews.net's digest focused on the IDF spokesperson's statement, noting 'no claim of danger to force' regarding footage of a soldier shooting a Palestinian in the legs.

Right

26 rated outlets

  • One right-rated report, a digest from Arab News, covered the incident. Its headline stated 'Video shows Israeli troops shooting Palestinian in West Bank settler stand-off'. The digest, however, contained unrelated information about attacks on a Saudi oil pipeline, confirming that Iraq confirmed attacks originated from its territory and pledged to investigate, while Saudi Arabia shut down the pipeline as a precaution.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank?
Of the 52 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 28% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 53% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 127. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 52 rated outlets on this story, 28% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 53% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank biased?
Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank is one event reported by 127 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian man in West Bank?
127 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What happened in Faqqua?
An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man in the leg during a confrontation over grazing livestock on Palestinian-owned land. Eyewitnesses claim settlers initiated the conflict, leading to Israeli forces firing on villagers. The IDF confirmed a soldier fired and has launched an investigation.
What did the IDF say about the incident?
The IDF confirmed that one of their soldiers fired a weapon. They stated the soldier fired into the air and then towards a Palestinian. The IDF has launched an investigation into the soldier involved.
What was the cause of the confrontation?
The confrontation occurred during a dispute over grazing livestock on Palestinian-owned land. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli settlers entered the area with their livestock, prompting Palestinian villagers to intervene.

Read it at the source

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Right

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Not rated

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