Awdah Hathaleen was killed by Israeli settler Yinon Levi during a village raid with no imminent threat of danger.
Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by Israeli settler Yinon Levi during a raid on the village of Umm al-Khair in the southern occupied West Bank. An investigation by the rights group Al-Haq concluded that Hathaleen was killed by a single 9mm bullet to the chest while filming the event. Although Levi claimed the shooting was an act of self-defense, the report established that Hathaleen posed no imminent threat and that none of the Palestinians at the scene were armed. The killing is framed as part of a broader pattern of state-backed settler violence. Levi, who runs Meitarim Farm, is supported by the settlement development organization Amana and the volunteer group Hashomer Yosh. The investigation highlights how these institutions provide the resources and which facilitate the expansion of illegal settlements and the displacement of Palestinian communities. The report concludes that the incident was not an isolated crime but a result of a systematic machinery of settlement growth and land control across the West Bank.