Palestinian media reported a series of attacks in the West Bank on Thursday attributed to extremist settlers, with one incident turning deadly when a man suffered a fatal heart attack.

Outlets reported four assaults in the central and southern West Bank.

In the central Salfit area of the West Bank, Iyad Arar, 60, from the village of Qarawat Bani Zeid, died of a heart attack as Jewish extremists raided the Sofia Park recreation center where he worked as a guard, outlets reported.

Footage circulated on social media appeared to show him attempting to speak with several settlers who arrived at the site. One of the men was then seen climbing a wall to enter the park’s parking lot. Arar tried to chase after the settler, but suddenly collapsed in front of the wall.

He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

Social media users who circulated footage of the incident claimed that settlers had “executed” Arar. However, Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency, cited medical sources as saying Arar died of a heart attack.

لحظة ارتقاء الشهيد عائد عرار على يد المستوطنين في بلدة قراوة بني زيد شمال رام الله حيث يعمل حارس في قاعة صوفيا بارك pic.twitter.com/d8un2zQFNr — ????????????????منير الجاغوب ???????????????? (@MonirAljaghoub) March 19, 2026

لحظة ارتقاء الشهيد عائد عرار على يد المستوطنين في بلدة قراوة بني زيد شمال رام الله حيث يعمل حارس في قاعة صوفيا بارك pic.twitter.com/d8un2zQFNr

— ????????????????منير الجاغوب ???????????????? (@MonirAljaghoub) March 19, 2026

Meanwhile, settler vandals reportedly set a vehicle ablaze near the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, also in the central West Bank.

Wafa reported that several Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces there.

In another incident, residents of the village of Beit Ummar, northwest of Nablus, told Wafa that settlers had attacked homes in the........

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