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AREF LAHLOUH (LEFT) AND MOHAMMAD ALI (RIGHT) WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES ON JANUARY 25, 2023. (PHOTOS: WAFA NEWS AGENCY)

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli forces killed Aref Lahlouh, 20 following an alleged stabbing attempt on soldiers, and Mohammad Ali, 17, in Shu'fat refugee camp during confrontations with the army.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/01/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinians-in-west-bank-jerusalem/?

Israeli forces reportedly killed one Palestinian near Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, and injured another Palestinian in Jerusalem's Shu'fat Refugee Camp on Wednesday January 25.

On Wednesday afternoon Palestinian media outlets reported that a man had been shot and killed on a highway in the Qalqilya district of the northwestern West Bank.

While the Palestinian Ministry of Health had not yet confirmed the killing, or the identity of the deceased, Wafa news agency reported that 20-year-old Aref Abdul Nasser Lahlouh, a resident of the Jenin Refugee Camp, was killed.

The Israeli army claimed that Lahlouh attempted to stab Israeli soldiers, who were stationed at a bus stop near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim. No Israeli soldiers were injured during the alleged attack.

CCTV footage released by the army showed the man, alleged to be Lahlouh, exiting a parked vehicle before running towards the soldiers, who quickly shot him down. The footage does not clearly show if there is a weapon of any kind in his hand, as Israeli forces alleged.

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Palestinian media reported that Lahlouh was killed in front of his mother and brother, who were reportedly in the car with him.

The footage released by the army shows Lahlou's vehicle parked behind two other vehicles, including one Israeli police car. It remains unclear if Lahlouh was part of a traffic stop.

Palestinian news outlet Ma'an reported that following Lahlouh's killing, Israeli forces arrested the young man's father at the Jalamah checkpoint near Jenin, as he was on his way home from work inside Israel.

Earlier this week it was revealed that an initial probe into the Israeli army's killing of Ahmad Kahla, a 45-year-old father who was killed at a checkpoint outside Ramallah earlier this month, that soldiers killed him "unnecessarily."

At the time he was killed, Israeli forces claimed Kahla tried to stab them, though through video and eyewitness testimony, it was revealed that Kahla was in fact unarmed, and did not attempt to attack the soldiers as was initially claimed.

Teenager killed in Jerusalem refugee camp
Hours after Lahlouh was killed, Palestinian media reported that a 17 year old had succumbed to his wounds sustained during confrontations in the Shu'fat Refugee Camp in occupied East Jerusalem.

Wafa identified him as Mohammad Ali, a resident of the camp. He reportedly succumbed to gunshot wounds to the chest. Ali's death was confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Videos circulating on social media showed Israeli forces patting down and inspecting Ali's lifeless body as he lay on the ground after he was shot. According to Wafa, Israeli forces reportedly assaulted Palestinian medics as they attempted to evacuate him to the hospital.

Israeli authorities are reportedly withholding Ali's body. A general strike was declared in the Shuafat refugee camp for three days in response to Ali's killing.

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The teenager was killed during confrontations that erupted between local youth from the camp and Israeli forces, during a large-scale Israeli raid to punitively demolish the home of Udai Tamimi, who was killed by Israeli gunfire in October.

After Tamimi killed an Israeli soldier during a shooting operation at a military checkpoint outside the Shu'fat refugee camp, Israeli forces launched a massive, nearly two-week-long manhunt for him. He was killed on October 19 during a shootout in front of the gates of the mega settlement, Maale Adumim. 

Israeli politicians welcomed the punitive demolition, with far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir saying "This step is very important, but not enough at all. We must destroy all terrorists' homes and deport the terrorists themselves from the country."

The Israeli policy of punitive home demolitions, which target the families of Palestinians accused of committing attacks against Israelis, has long been condemned by rights groups, who say it amounts to collective punishment.

Though in the past an Israeli military committee has made recommendations that the practice did little to actually deter attacks, the policy has continued to be practiced by successive Israeli governments, with current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being a vocal advocate for the practice.

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Nayef al-Oweidat died from Israeli air strike.

Palestinian child succumbs to wounds from last year's Israeli aggression on Gaza
https://israelpalestinenews.org/palestinian-child-succumbs-to-wounds-from-last-years-israeli-aggression-on-gaza/

Nayef al-Oweidat, age 13, suffered serious wounds during an Israeli bombing on his neighborhood. He is one of at least 206 Palestinians (41 of them minors) who died from Israeli attacks in 2022.
reposted from WAFA, the Palestinian News and Info Agency, January 26, 2023  https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133009

GAZA, Thursday, January 26, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian child has Thursday succumbed to the serious wounds he susained during the recent Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip last year, medical sources confirmed.

The sources said that Nayef al-Oweidat, 13, succumbed to the wounds he sustained after Israeli warplanes bombed the neighborhood of al-Hasayna, in the refugee camp of al-Nuseirat, central Gaza.

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Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, killed Thursday, January 26, 2022.

Israeli forces kill a Palestinian as he protests deaths of 9 other Palestinians
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-protests-deaths-nine-other-palestinians/

After the Israeli military killed nine Palestinians in Jenin on Thursday, they attacked a group of Palestinians protesting the killings, and killed yet another Palestinian, Yousef Mheisin, age 22. 

The death toll for Palestinians in the first 26 days of 2023 is now 30, including a 13-year-old who died in Gaza Thursday from wounds Israel inflicted in a 2022 bombing,

reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, January 26, 2023   https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-jerusalem-6/

On Thursday,  Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near Ramallah in the central West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin, leading to the death of nine Palestinians, including one woman and two siblings.

The soldiers attacked the Palestinians with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Medical sources said the soldiers killed a young man, Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, after shooting him with a live round in the abdomen.

Palestinian medics rushed Yousef Mheisin to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, but he succumbed to his serious wounds despite all efforts to save his life.

The soldiers also shot three Palestinians with live fire and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Also Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed nine Palestinians, including siblings and one woman, and injured dozens of Palestinians, some seriously, during a massive offensive on Jenin city and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank.

In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian child, Nayef Oweidat, 13, died from serious wounds he suffered last year during the Israeli onslaught on the coastal region.

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Palestinian youth dies of injuries sustained by Israeli gunfire
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133076

JERUSALEM, Sunday, January 29, 2023 (WAFA) – A 24-year-old Palestinian youth died today from injuries sustained last Thursday in an Israeli military attack on Jenin refugee camp, north of the West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health.

MoH said Omar Tareq Saadi, a resident of Jenin, was critically injured by Israeli bullets during the Israeli raid on Thursday, and was announced dead of his wounds this evening.

His death brings up the death toll of the Israeli attack on Jenin last Thursday to 10. At least 20 Palestinians were injured in the attack, three of whom are in critical condition.

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Updated: "Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Hebron"
https://imemc.org/article/army-injures-three-palestinians-one-seriously-in-hebron-and-ramallah/

Updated: On Monday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a young Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Health Ministry officially identified the young slain as Nassim Nayef Salman Abu Fouda, 26. From Hebron.

It added that the soldiers fired several live rounds at Nassim's car near a military roadblock, known as #160, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, seriously wounding the young man in the head.

Palestinian medics rushed Nassim to the Al-Ahli hospital in Hebron before he was admitted to surgery but later succumbed to gunshot wounds to the head.

Media sources said the young man was driving near the military roadblock and started honking his car's horns before a soldier started approaching him, and added that the young man got scared and tried to drive away but struck the soldier, who immediately stood up, started firing at the car, wounding him and causing his car to crash into another vehicle.

Eyewitnesses said another soldier at the scene also fired many live rounds at the Palestinian car.

Late on Saturday night, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Kedumim illegal Israeli colony built on stolen Palestinian lands east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the Palestinian has been identified as Karam Ali Salman, 18, from Qusin town, west of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

Also Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a young man succumbed to serious wounded suffered Thursday when the army killed nine Palestinians, including a woman, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the young man, Omar Tareq Ali Sa'adi, 24, from the Jenin refugee camp, succumbed to serious wounds at the Jenin governmental hospital. During the Thursday invasion, the soldiers killed nine Palestinians, including one woman, and injured at least twenty, including three who suffered serious wounds.

The slain Palestinians have been identified as:
- Saeb Mahmoud Ezreiqi, 24, Jenin city.
- Ezzeddin Yassin Salahat, 26, Jenin refugee camp.
- Abdullah Marwan Al-Ghoul, 18, Jenin refugee camp.
- Wasim Amjad Aref Abu Al-Ja'as, 22, Jenin refugee camp.
- Majeda Obeid, 61, Jenin refugee camp.
- Mo'tasem Mahmoud Abu Al-Hasan, 40, Al-Yamoun town.
- Mohammad Mahmoud Sobeh, 30, Burqin town.
- Mohammad Sami Ghneim, 28, Burqin town.
- Nour Sami Ghneim, 25, from Burqin.

The soldiers also killed one Palestinian, Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin.

Also Thursday, a Palestinian child, Nayef Oweidat, 13, died from serious wounds he suffered last year during the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Late Friday night, The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied Jerusalem, confirmed that a Palestinian child, Wadea' Aziz Abu Ramouz, 16, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli soldiers two days ago, has succumbed to his wounds.

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Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Qalqilia
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-qalqilia-2/

Late on Saturday night, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Kedumim illegal Israeli colony built on stolen Palestinian lands east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the Palestinian has been identified as Karam Ali Salman, 18, from Qusin town, west of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

Israeli sources said the Palestinian was armed and was observed approaching the Kedumim colony, not far from the home of far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, before the soldiers fatally shot him.

They added that the army instructed the colonizers in Kedumim to shelter in place while the soldiers conducted massive searches in the area.

On Sunday, the army said it cleared the area and lifted the security warning that instructed the colonizers to remain in their homes.

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Abdullah Samih Ahmad Qalalwa, age 25

Israeli forces kill Palestinian father of newborn with a bullet to the chest
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-father-of-newborn-with-a-bullet-to-the-chest/

Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint shot Abdullah Samih Ahmad Qalalwa, age 25, in the chest, then denied him medical assistance. Their reasons for attacking him are implausible.
 
reposted from IMEMC –  the International Middle East Media Center, February 4, 2023  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-kill-one-palestinian-injure-3/

On Friday, Israeli troops invaded several parts of the West Bank, and killed a young man at the Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that the soldiers shot Abdullah Samih Ahmad Qalalwa, 25, with a live round in the chest.

Abdullah, a married father of a newborn baby boy, worked in the surveying department (Land Authority) of the Palestinian Authority. His brother, Ibrahim, works for Palestine TV.

The Israeli army claimed that Abdullah tried to snatch a soldier's weapon, an allegation frequently used by the army in similar cases, and could not be substantiated.

After shooting the young man, the soldiers left him bleeding on the ground without first aid and refused to allow Palestinian medics to reach him until he bled to death.

The army also alleged that the soldiers shot the Palestinian in the legs, but when the Palestinian medics took him to a hospital in Nablus, the doctors found out that he was shot in the chest.

Abdullah Qalalwa was from Al-Jadida village, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

After receiving news of his death, his mother was rushed to a hospital after suffering shock.

In addition to killing Abdullah, Israeli forces also injured several Palestinians with live ammunition in Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, and Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.

Several Palestinian protesters were injured by gunshot wounds. At the same time, dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens suffered tear gas inhalation during the Israeli suppression of the weekly peaceful anti-settlement march in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya.

The weekly protest has gone on for nearly two decades, demanding the opening of the village street, which Israeli forces closed nineteen years ago in order to colonize the village land.

Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation as a result of the Israeli forces suppressing the weekly anti-settlement march in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, which has been organized since October 2020, to reject the establishment of a settlement outpost in the northeastern area of ​​the village lands.

Three civilians suffered from pepper gas, as Israeli forces and settlers attacked participants in a peaceful agricultural event condemning settlements in the town of Tuqu', southeast of Bethlehem. This is another area where Israeli colonizers have been taking over Palestinian land, and locals have organized weekly protests for the past several years.

In addition, Israeli settlers fenced off areas of Yanun land, belonging to the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, under the protection of the Israeli army.

The Israeli military occupation and its settlers control more than 85% of the lands of Yanun, surrounded by five settlements and outposts, which are expanding at the expense of Palestinian citizens' lands.

All Israeli settlements are a violation of international law and have been condemned by numerous UN resolutions.

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(Top, L-R) Ibrahim Owidat -27, Rafaat Owidat -21, Malik Lafi -22 (bottom, L-R) Thaer Owidat -28, Adham Owidat -22. 

Israeli Soldiers Kill Five Palestinians In Jericho
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-slaughter-kill-five-palestinians/

Israeli forces killed 5 Palestinians in Jericho Monday who were "suspected of firing at a restaurant" in an illegal Israeli settlement – an incident in which no one had been injured. The raid comes after a weeklong Israeli siege of the city, and brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in 2023 to 43, including 8 minors.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, February 6, 2023  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-five-palestinians-in-jericho/

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians, including two siblings, injured many others, and abducted eight, in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified them as Rafaat Wael Owidat, 21, Malik Awni Lafi, 22, Adham Majdi Owidat, 22, Ibrahim Wael Owidat, 27, Thaer Owidat, 28.

The Israeli army and the Israel Security Agency (Shabak) said they carried out a joint operation to capture Palestinian fighters in the refugee camp and exchanged fire with them.

The army added that its soldiers killed the five Palestinian fighters and stated it invaded the refugee camp to capture Hamas fighters suspected of firing at a restaurant in the illegal Vered Yeriho illegal colony on January 27.

It claimed the soldiers spotted one of the Palestinians suspected of involvement in the shooting before he fled while firing at them, leading to a pursuit ending at a building in a refugee camp where the fighters were hiding, resulting in an exchange of fire.

The Palestinian Health Ministry described the attack as a slaughter and said three of the wounded were not resistance fighters, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds.

The army took the corpses of the slain Palestinians after refusing to allow Palestinian medics to approach them.

The army has frequently been invading the refugee camp since January 27, leading to massive protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian fighters and demolishing several homes and structures.

The army also said its soldiers arrested six Palestinians during the invasion, including two believed to be affiliated with the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

Palestinian sources have confirmed that the soldiers abducted eight Palestinians, including siblings, during the offensive and identified them as Shaker Amarna, Mohammad Riyad Oweidat, Abdul-Hafeth Wa'el Oweidat, Abdul-Hafeth Fakhr Oweidat, and his brother, Mohammad, Ehab Mohammad Hmeidat and his brother Ahmad.

The offensive in the refugee camp started earlier at dawn, Monday, when the soldiers shot three Palestinians with live fire and caused at least three to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Early Saturday morning, many armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded Aqbat Jabr camp, shot thirteen Palestinians, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds, demolished four homes, and abducted at least five Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.

Last Sunday night, undercover soldiers killed Ahmad and his brother Ehab Mohammad Hmeidat in a coffee shop at the main entrance of the refugee camp.

Early Saturday morning, many armored Israeli military vehicles, including bulldozers, invaded the refugee camp, shot thirteen Palestinians, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds, demolished four homes, and abducted at least five Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons.

Various armed resistance groups and political factions, including Al-Qassam Brigades, the National Resistance Committees, and the Popular Front for the Liberation Of Palestine (PFLP), issued statements mourning the slain Palestinian fighters and vowing retaliation and ongoing resistance until liberation.

Ismael Haniya, the head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, said the resistance against the occupation will never cease until ending the illegal Israeli occupation and the liberation of Palestine, and added that the resistance fighters in Jericho "were heroes who fought with courage and determination."

Haniyya added that the ongoing Israel crimes against the Palestinian people only lead to more determination and ongoing resistance.

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SHARIF HASSAN RABAA (LEFT), AND AHMAD ABU ALI (RIGHT), WHO WERE KILLED ON THE SAME DAY IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS. (IMAGE: SOCIAL MEDIA/MONDOWEISS)

Two Palestinians killed, including prisoner who died due to 'medical negligence'
Two martyrs were killed by the Israeli colonial system — Ahmad Abu Ali, a political prisoner who died of systematic medical negligence, and Sharif Rabaa, shot to death under the pretext of a stabbing.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/two-palestinians-killed-including-prisoner-who-died-due-to-medical-negligence/?

On Friday, February 10, Palestinians woke up to news about the death of Ahmad Bader Abu Ali, 48, and a Palestinian prisoner held in the notorious Negev Prison who died from medical negligence.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Abu Ali had been suffering from various chronic illnesses, which the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) was aware of yet denied Abu Ali the necessary medical treatment, making his death a "slow killing via medical negligence."

The announcement of Abu Ali's death came one day after Israeli forces killed another Palestinian, 22-year-old Hassan Rabaa, near the Fawwar refugee camp in the southern West Bank Hebron district.

Since the start of the year, 44 Palestinians have been killed. Nine of them were children and minors, and most were non-combatant who were killed during premeditated Israeli assassination operations. Half of them were killed in the span of three days.

The killing of Palestinians inside prisons
A father of nine, Ahmad Bader Abu Ali was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Amjad Al-Najjar, the spokesperson for the PPS, also noted that Abu Ali had suffered from diabetes, and had undergone open heart surgery last year while in detention.

According to PPS, there were only two years left of Abu Ali's prison sentence before his release date.

Abu Ali, from Yatta in the district of Hebron, was moved from the Negev prison where he was being held to Soroka Medical Center at dawn on Friday. He was declared dead later that morning.

With the death of Abu Ali, the number of Palestinians killed inside Israeli prisons since 1967 rose to 235, according to PPS.

Last year, four Palestinians were killed in cases that PPS said displayed evidence of medical negligence by the IPS. The detainees were  Nasser Abu Humeid, 50, Ihab Al-Kilani, 40, Saadia Farajallah, 68, and Mousa Abu Mahamid, 40.

There are currently more than 600 Palestinian political detainees who suffer from chronic illnesses which require medical treatment and constant medical supervision.

This provision of care is a bare minimum required by occupying authorities and prison services, not only under international law but even within the framework purported by the 1998 Israeli Manual on the Laws of War.

However, rights groups have routinely documented a policy of "deliberate medical negligence" on the part of the IPS inside the prisons, in addition to unsanitary living conditions, poor infrastructure in prisons, and overcrowding in cells. 

Surviving the 'torture chambers'
On Friday morning, as Abu Ali was transferred to the Soroka Medical Center, all sections of the Negev prison were closed down, and detainees were forced to remain inside their cells.

In the past several months, Palestinian detainees have reported facing collective punishment practices which include isolation, beatings, denial of yard time, and nutritional deprivation. According to PPS, following the election of Israel's new right-wing government, the IPS escalated its assault on prisoners.

In the Negev, detainees had their personal possessions confiscated and are being denied blankets and warm clothes. The Negev dessert, where the prison is located, can, on some nights, drop well below 0 degrees Celsius.

The stories from prisoners in the 80s and 90s of the practices of torture and ill-treatment against Palestinians still ring loudly today.

Between 1967 and 2019, almost 73 Palestinians were killed due to Israeli torture during interrogations, and over the years, Israeli prisons and detention centers have been described by Palestinians as "torture chambers."

Yossi Peled, the Commander of the Israeli Military in the West Bank in 1993, responded to the accusations by emphasizing that "there is no torture in Israel. I served for 30 years in the IDF and I know what I am talking about." And more recently, Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has been working to end what he has called "hotel conditions" for Palestinian prisoners. The Minister has even called for the death penalty.

In addition to these measures, Israel has criminalized any financial support to prisoners or their families, further pushing communities deeper into poverty and financial precarity.

Yet since 2018, conditions for Palestinian prisoners have steadily worsened, as prisoners have gone on several hunger strikes to protest their deteriorating conditions. Gilad Erdan, then Israeli Minister of Public Security, called for actively limiting Palestinian rights "to determine ways in which conditions can be reduced to a bare minimum."

There are more than 4,700 Palestinian political detainees, including 130 children and minors, and 835 who are being held arbitrarily, with no charge or trial. Almost 1,300 of Palestinian detainees are imprisoned in the Negev.

Other incidents
On Thursday, February 9, Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestinian driver near the Fawwar refugee camp. The young man was identified as 22-year-old Sharif Hassan Rabaa, who succumbed to his wounds later in the day.

Quoting Palestinian security sources, Wafa News Agency reported that Israeli forces "stopped a Palestinian vehicle and opened fire at its driver," critically injuring him before arresting him.

The Israeli army claimed that Rabaa "tried to stab one of the soldiers" positioned at a checkpoint in the area, and that "the force fired and neutralized him."

In a separate incident on Thursday, Israeli soldiers in a military vehicle rammed and injured a Palestinian near the Jalameh military checkpoint near Jenin, in the northern West Bank. The young man was on his motorcycle when Israeli forces chased him and "deliberately" rammed and injured the young man, according to Wafa

On Friday morning, an Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian youth near Qalqas, south of Hebron. The man was hospitalized and is in stable condition. As of the time of writing, no reports have surfaced regarding the identity or whereabouts of the settler that attacked him.

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Israelis kill a father of three and a 14-year-old
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israelis-kill-a-father-of-three-and-a-14-year-old/


Mithqal Suleiman Abdul-Halim Rayan, 27

PALESTINIAN FATHER OF 3 KILLED BY ISRAELI PARAMILITARY COLONIZERS
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, February 12, 2023  https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-father-of-3-assassinated-by-israeli-paramilitary-settlers/

Mithqal Suleiman Abdul-Halim Rayan, 27, was shot and killed on Saturday evening, by Israeli paramilitary invaders, in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit.

The mayor of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Ibrahim Asi, told the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency, "The young man was killed by a live bullet fired by an armed and angry colonizer towards a group of young men in the village."

He confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces guarded the armed, paramilitary colonial colonizers as they attacked the Palestinian civilians and killed Mithqal.

Mithqal was the father of three young children: a 4-year-old boy, a two-year-old son, and a baby girl.

The fatal events started unfolding when the colonizers attacked several Palestinian civilians in the northern area of Qarawat Bani Hassan and fired many live rounds at them, shooting Mithqal in the head while returning home from work.

The colonizer who killed Mithqal is one of many colonizers who constantly attack the Palestinians, their homes, and their lands.

The colonizers attacked farmers and residents in their homes, shops, and construction sites and when the locals gathered and tried to remove them, a paramilitary colonizers opened fire and killed Mithqal who worked at a concrete factory in Salfit.

The Palestinian father suffered life-threatening wounds and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Salfit.

On Friday, the colonizers attacked many Palestinians, stole sheep from several farmers, and injured a Palestinian north of Qarawat Bani Hasan.

Israeli colonizers have repeatedly been targeting the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, for their colony expansion.

Mithqal's death brings the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of this year to 45, including nine children and an elderly woman. Four of the slain Palestinians were killed by illegal Israeli colonizers.

In addition to the 45 slain Palestinians, a Palestinian prisoner, Ahmad Abu Ali, 48, from Yatta town south of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, died at an Israeli medical center after he was denied essential medical treatment and was only moved to Soroka medical center when he neared death.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society said Ahmad was only two years away from finishing his twelve-year prison sentence.

Earlier on Saturday, Israeli colonial settlers uprooted dozens of Palestinian olive trees and destroyed an agricultural building as part of their forced takeover of Palestinian land in Qarawat Bani Hassan.

Israeli forces have been helping the Israeli paramilitary settlers in their forced takeover of Palestinian village land- last week, the soldiers uprooted an olive grove, and in January, the army demolished a Palestinian home located in the area that the Israeli colonizers have targeted to take over.



Qusai Radwan Waked, 14

PALESTINIAN YOUTH SUCCUMBS TO SERIOUS WOUNDS FROM ISRAELI GUNFIRE
reposted from WAFA – the Palestinian News and Info Agency, February 12, 2023  https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133333

A Palestinian youth succumbed this evening to critical wounds he sustained earlier today by Israeli gunfire during a military raid into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the ministry of health

The ministry said that Qusai Radwan Waked, 14, who was severely injured by Israeli gunfire during a military raid in Jenin earlier today, succumbed to his wounds.

Israeli forces also raided the city and surrounded a house in al-Jabriyat neighborhood and detained former prisoner Jibreel al-Zubaidi, who spent 11 years behind Israeli bars.

Jibreel al-Zubaidi is the brother of freedom fighter Zakaria Zubaidi, from Jenin refugee camp who was able last year to escape from Israeli prison with five other freedom fighters after digging a tunnel but were all later caught. Their brother, Dawoud, was also killed by Israeli forces.

To be noted, three Palestinian youths were shot in the abdomen and sustained critical injuries during the Israeli military raid into Jenin city and refugee camp earlier today.

With the killing of Waked, the number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since the beginning of 2023 has risen to 47, including four who were killed by settlers' gunfire.

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Amir Bastami, dead at 22.

Israeli Soldiers Kill Another Young Man, Injure Seven
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-young-man-injure-seven-amir-bastami/

The Israeli military invaded Nablus yet again, killing Palestinian Amir Bastami, injuring several others, arresting two, and tear gassing dozens.
(So far in the first 43 days of this year, Israel has killed at least 46 Palestinians, and in response Palestinians have killed 8 Israelis in two lone-wolf attacks)
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, February 13, 2023 https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-young-man-injure-seven-in-nablus/

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured at least seven after the army invaded Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, leading to protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers fatally shot Amir ِAla' Bastami, 22, with a live round in the abdomen, in addition to shooting five with live rounds and two with rubber-coated steel bullets.

PRCS medics rushed the young man to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, but he succumbed to his serious wounds despite all efforts to resuscitate him.

The PRCS added that 75 Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and an infant, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation before receiving the needed treatment.

Palestine TV said the Israeli invasion lasted for five hours and was carried out by dozens of army vehicles that advanced into Nablus from the city's northern, western, and southern parts. The soldiers also invaded several buildings and occupied rooftops before using them as firing posts.

During the invasion, the soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian fighters, especially when they surrounded a building on Sufian Street and shot two before abducting them.

The Israeli army said its soldiers arrested two young men, Osama Tawil, and Abdul-Kamel Jouri, both are members of the Lions' Den unified armed resistance group, and alleged that the two were responsible for killing a soldier, Ido Baruch, in a shooting near Shavei Shomron illegal colony, near Nablus, on October 11, 2022.

On Sunday evening, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian child, Qussai Radwan Waked, 14, who was shot by Israeli soldiers at noon in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and added that the soldiers also injured two Palestinians.

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HARUN ABU ARAM, 25, SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS ON FEBRUARY 14, 2023. (MONDOWEISS/ "SAVING MASAFER YATTA"

Two years after he was shot and paralyzed, Harun Abu Aram succumbed to his wounds
In 2021, Harun Abu Aram was shot in his neck at point blank range by Israeli soldiers when he was trying to prevent the confiscation of a communal generator. He was left paralyzed from the neck down.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/two-years-after-he-was-shot-and-paralyzed-harun-abu-aram-succumbed-to-his-wounds/?

Two years after he was permanently paralyzed by Israeli forces, Harun Abu Aram, 25, a resident of Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday morning, February 14.

Abu Aram was a resident of Khirbet al-Rakeez, a small hamlet in the South Hebron Hills, or Masafer Yatta, as it is known locally.

In 2021 Abu Aram was shot in his neck at point blank range by Israeli soldiers during an army raid on his village. Abu Aram was shot after he attempted to prevent soldiers from confiscating a communal generator.

Abu Aram was paralyzed as a result of the shooting, and suffered a series of lung infections and other health problems that caused him to spend months in and out of hospital.

Eventually Abu Aram's arteries in his right leg sustained blockages that resulted in the amputation of his leg. According to Palestinian health officials, he was also suffering from "severe pressure ulcers in the back and pelvis, and severe infections in the lungs."

In January 2021 Israeli forces raided the home of Abu Aram's neighbor and attempted to confiscate the generator that powered both families' homes, under the pretext that it was "illegal".

Because the families' homes fall inside the boundaries of an Israeli army 'firing zone', the army prevents them from building, or accessing any sort of infrastructural networks, including water and electricity. This includes access to generators to power the small, ancient caves in which they live.

Shortly after the soldiers arrived, Harun's father, Rasmi had run down to aid his neighbor, who was attempting to take back hold of the generator. Israeli forces scuffled with Rasmi and his neighbor, striking the two with several blows. Harun ran down to his father's aid, and began pulling the generator back from the soldiers.

During the scuffle that ensued, which was fully captured on cellphone video, an Israeli soldier put his gun to Harun's neck and shot him. According to Harun's family, Israeli forces refused to call an ambulance to the scene. When the family and neighbors attempted to evacuate Harun to a hospital, the soldiers shot at the tires of their vehicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtElkP8zsXs

By the time Harun was able to reach a hospital, a few hours had passed, and doctors informed his parents that he had suffered a severe spinal cord injury. Though he survived, he became paralyzed from the neck down.

Following the shooting of Harun, who was completely unarmed at the time, the Israeli military

conducted an internal investigation, in which it concluded that the soldiers acted in "self defense" and that they faced a "clear and present risk to their lives."

Mondoweiss interviewed Harun and his family in 2022. At the time, his mother Farissa said that she did "not want anything from them [Israel]," except justice for her son.

"I want them to let me build a room for him," she said, referring to the army's ban on any Palestinian construction in the area, and the fact that just a few months before Harun was shot, the army had destroyed the new home he had built for himself and his fiance at the time.

"[I want them] to allow him to have water and electricity," she continued. "I want the court to give us justice, not to say that a soldier was defending himself."

Because the Abu Aram family lives inside the boundaries of the firing zone, which was created in the 1980s, long after the family had already been living in the area, they are currently under imminent threat of forcible displacement.

In January of this year, the new Israeli government announced plans to expedite the forcible transfer of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, in accordance with an Israeli Supreme Court ruling in May 2022 that denied the residents' appeals and ruled in favor of the military, closing the book on an extensive legal battle that lasted 20 years in Israeli courts.

More than 1,200 Palestinians, including the Abu Aram family, are under risk of imminent forcible transfer. If the Palestinians in Masafer Yatta are removed from their land, it would constitute the largest mass displacement of Palestinians since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank.

Before he died, Harun told Mondoweiss that though he was disabled while "defending his land," he would do it all over again. "If I got my arms and legs back, I would defend my land again," he said. "I will never give it up."

Harun is one of 49 Palestinians killed by Israel in 2023. Separately on Tuesday, another Palestinian, 17-year-old Mahmoud Majed al-Aydi was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the al-Faraa refugee camp in the Tubas district of the northern West Bank.

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MOURNERS CARRY THE BODIES OF THE 10 PALESTINIAN MARTYRS KILLED DURING THE ISRAELI ARMY'S INVASION OF NABLUS ON FEBRUARY 22, 2023. (PHOTO: STRINGER/APA IMAGES)

Israeli army kills 10 Palestinians in a single raid, including 2 resistance fighters
The massive Israeli invasion of Nablus led to the assassination of 2 Palestinian resistance fighters, while the army fired indiscriminately at residents and killed an additional 8 Palestinians.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/breaking-israeli-army-invades-nablus-surrounds-resistance-fighters/?

At approximately 10 a.m. today, February 22, the Israeli army launched a massive invasion of the Old City of Nablus. Initial reports from local journalists reported that the army had surrounded a house harboring two Palestinian resistance fighters from the Lions' Den resistance group. By 12:38 p.m., reports streamed in that the two resistance fighters had been assassinated.

The invasion began with a commando raid by an Israeli special operations unit, which targeted the resistance fighters holed up in a house in the heart of the Old City. At the same time, large numbers of Israeli military forces invaded the Old City and city center, spreading out and firing indiscriminately at Palestinians in the area. Eyewitnesses and local journalists reported heavy Israeli gunfire, as the army fired live ammunition on crowds of Palestinians and fired tear gas canisters.

Clashes broke out throughout the city as local youth flooded the streets to face off against the invading military force with stones.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), 10 Palestinians were killed during the raid, including the two resistance fighters, while 102 Palestinians were injured, many of them remaining in critical condition.

The Palestinian martyrs include an elderly man, Hussam Sabe B'ara, 72, Tamer Nimr Ahmad Minawi, 14, Muhammad Khaled Anbusi, 25, Musab Munir Muhammad Oweis, 26, Walid Riyad Hussein Dakhil, 23, Abdul Hadi Abdul Aziz Ashqar, 61, Muhammad Farid Sha'ban, 16, and the two resistance fighters, Hussam Bassam Isleem, 24, and Muhammad Omar Abu Bakr Juneidi, 23, and Jasser Jamil Abdul Wahhab Qan'ir, 23.

As of 12:04 p.m., the two resistance fighters were still surrounded by the Israeli army, before initial reports began to stream in that the army had assassinated them. By 12:38 p.m., local journalists reported that the Israeli army had begun its retreat from the city, while local residents went into the house that had been surrounded and retrieved the bodies of the slain fighters.

Final wills of resistance fighters
Voice recordings of the "final will" of the surrounded resistance fighters have circulated on social media, widely reported to be Hussam Isleem and Muhammad Juneidi. The resistance fighters are reportedly affiliated with the Nablus-based Lions' Den group, and the recording features the voice of Hussam Isleem as he is surrounded by the Israeli army:

"I will not hand myself in. My brother [Muhammad Juneidi] and I are surrounded [...] May God never forgive every coward who sold us out. My brother Juneidi and I will be greeting all the martyrs. I just wish that you will forgive us, my brothers. Please forgive us. I love our people, I love everyone, and I love my mother. On your honor, don't let go of the rifle after we're gone. Keep on the path. I want to see men continuing [our path] after us. Don't forget the final will of al-Wadee [referring to Wadee al-Hawah] and [Ibrahim] al-Nabulsi...[Juneidi speaks in background]...listen to Juneidi's will..."

A WIDELY CIRCULATING PICTURE OF JUNEIDI (LEFT) AND ISLEEM (RIGHT). (PHOTO: SOCIAL MEDIA)

At 11:54 a.m., the Telegram account of the Nablus Brigade, a local Nablus branch of the Islamic Jihad's armed wing and itself closely affiliated with the Lions' Den group, published a live recording of Muhammad "Abu Bakr" Juneidi as he continued to be surrounded by the army:

"Know that the son of the Saraya, the son of your organization [...] remains surrounded to this moment and will not give himself up. I salute every free and honorable person in this homeland...your brother, Muhammad Abu Bakr Juneidi...we are surrounded, I and Hussam Isleem. Pray for us, and rest assured that we have continued on the path of martyrs, we did not retreat, and we remained men."

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MOURNERS AT THE FUNERAL OF MUNTASER AL-SHAWWA IN BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, NABLUS. SHAWWA WAS SHOT BY ISRAELI FORCES ON FEBRUARY 8 AND SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS ON FEBRUARY 20, 2023. (PHOTO: STRINGER/APA IMAGES)

Another youth succumbs to wounds from an Israeli raid in the West Bank
Muntaser al-Shawa is the eleventh Palestinian youth to be killed by Israel this year, and the latest martyr in Israel's war on Palestinian children and minors.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/another-youth-succumbs-to-wounds-from-an-israeli-raid-in-the-west-bank/?

On Monday, February 20, 16-year-old Muntaser Shawa succumbed to wounds sustained during an Israeli military incursion of Balata refugee camp in northern Nablus earlier on February 8.

Shawa's family and community took the slain teenager to his final resting place near Balata refugee camp on February 21. Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 50 Palestinians. Shawa is the eleventh youth to be killed by the Israeli army this year.

The Israeli targeting of youth
On February 8, during an Israeli invasion of Balata refugee camp, Shawa was injured with a live bullet shot by an Israeli sniper, which pierced his ear and exited from his mouth. Another Palestinian man was injured with two bullets to his hand.

Shawa was put on a ventilator for almost two weeks before he was declared dead at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, in Nablus's Rafidia hospital.

On Tuesday afternoon, Shawa's mother carried her son on her back as he was wrapped in a Palestinian flag.

In a video showing the family's final farewell to their son, the bereaved mother and aunts chanted "Allahu Akbar," (God is Great), a mantra often echoed in times of hardship as a show of humility and a recognition of the impermanence of life.

"Our martyred children," his aunt yelled in a crowd of women, "their killers will find their place in hell."

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With Shawa, the number of Palestinian children and minors killed this year rises to 11 with the youngest being Qusai Radwan, 14, killed in Jenin refugee camp on February 12, and Amer Khmour, also 14, killed in Dheisheh refugee camp on January 16.

Shawa is the second minor to be killed in Balata refugee camp this year. Amer Abu Zaytoun, 16, was killed on January 5 with a bullet to the head.

Shawa suffered his injury just one day after Palestinians buried 17-year-old Hamza Amjad Al-Ashqar in Askar refugee camp at the outskirts of Nablus.

Last year was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the UN began documenting Palestinian deaths in 2005. The average age of Palestinian minors killed in 2022 was 13.

Averaging the number of Palestinian children and minors killed since 2021, data shows that a child or minor was being killed every five days in the last two years. In 2021, more than half of the Palestinian minors killed were children 12-years-old or younger. The remaining 45% were teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17.

Dehumanizing and 'un-childing' Palestinian children
The Israeli approach to Palestinian children as assumed potential threats to Israel's occupation has proved lethal for children and minors.

In addition to killings, Palestinian children and minors also face the risk of imprisonment. According to Defense for Children International-Palestine, Israel is "the only country in the world that automatically and systematically prosecutes children in military courts that lack fundamental fair trial rights and protections."

One day before Shawa finally succumbed to his wounds, the Times of Israel published a blog with the title "Palestinian children are the explosives of the future." In extensive research and analysis, Palestinian professor and psychologist Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian referred to this phenomenon as the "politics of un-childing."

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, one of the leading psychologists on the case of Ahmad Manasra, explains un-childing as "the authorized eviction of children from childhood for political goals and is maintained by a violent, racist, sexist, and classist machinery that exists everywhere and always."

In this way, Palestinian children are seen not as people, but as instruments and potential threats to be quelled.

One of the testimonies upon which Shalhoub-Kevorkian draws is that of Mahmoud, a child who was targeted by Israeli forces in Jerusalem as he rode his skateboard.

"I don't fear them...What can they do? Kill me because I want to play, to live?" Mahmoud had relayed to Shalhoub-Kevorkian. "Let them kill me, this is all they can do, and the news would say, 'Mahmoud went down to play with his skateboard; he scared them, and they killed him.'"

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Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza In 2018
https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-gaza-in-2018/

Palestinian sources have reported that a Palestinian, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire in the year 2018 in northern Gaza, died from his wounds on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

The sources said the Palestinian, Mohammad Sami Abu Al-Omarein, 24, was injured east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers injured the Palestinians during the Great Return March that started near the perimeter fence along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018, which also marks Palestinian Land Day.



More than 200 Palestinians, including medics and journalists, were killed near the fence along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip during the Great Return March protests that went in for 86 weeks.

Israeli soldiers also injured more than 33,000 Palestinians, including many who suffered serious wounds, and had their limbs amputated, especially due to the Israeli use of illegal expanding bullets,

Among the slain and injured Palestinians were many medics, such as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 22, who was killed on June 1, 2018, and journalists, such as photojournalist Yasser Mortaja, 31, who was killed on April 6, 2018.

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Palestinian From Jenin Dies From Serious Wounds Suffer Earlier This Month
https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-from-jenin-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffer-earlier-this-month/

On Thursday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a young man who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, two weeks ago.

The Health Ministry identified the young man as Mohammad Nabil Fawzi Abu Sabah, 29, and added that the soldiers shot him with several live rounds in the abdomen.

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed eleven Palestinians, injured more than 102, six seriously, and caused more than  250 Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation and other minor wounds.

The slain Palestinians, as officially confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry, are:
Anan Shawkat Ennab, 66.
Adnan Sabe' Ba'ara, 72.
Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25.
Tamer Nimir Ahmad Minawi, 33.
Mos'ab Monir Mohammad Oweiss, 26.
Husam Bassam Isleem, 24.
Mohammad Abu Kabr Al-Juneidi, 23.
Walid Riyad Hussein Dakheel, 23.
Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Aziz Ashqar, 61.
Mohammad Farid Sha'ban, 16.
Jasser Jamil Abdul-Wahab Qaneer, 23.

The Health Ministry said Abu Sabah's death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year to 63, including thirteen children; for of the slain Palestinians were killed by paramilitary colonizers, and one detainee died from medical neglect.

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Mohammad Nedal Saleem, 15, was killed by Israeli forces in Qalqiliya.

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager, Injure Two Others in Qalqiliya
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-occupation-forces-kill-palestinian-teenager-injure-two-others-in-qalqiliya/

Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian teenager and injured two others on Thursday night, in the town of Azzun, in the occupied West Bank province of Qalqiliya, the official news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that Mohammad Nedal Saleem, 15, was shot in the back by Israeli occupation soldiers. Two other Palestinians were also injured, one of them critically.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers fired at the three Palestinian teenagers while they were at the entrance to the town, witnesses said.

Over 65 Palestinians, including 14 children, have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of 2023.

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Updated: Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian, Injure Two, Abduct Six, In Jericho
https://imemc.org/article/one-seriously-israeli-soldiers-injure-three-palestinians-abduct-six-in-jericho/

Updated: Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank, exchanged fire with Palestinian fighters in a surrounded home, killed one, and abducted at least six Palestinians.

The soldiers initially took the Palestinian, who was seriously injured, to an Israeli hospital and later informed the Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs that the young man, Mahmoud Jamal Hasan Hamdan, 22, has succumbed to his wounds.

The Israeli army said it invaded the refugee camp to abduct Palestinians who are believed to be behind the Monday shooting attack that led to the death of Elan Ganeles and added that one of them sustained serious wounds while trying to retreat from the area.

Media sources said the soldiers surrounded the home of Maher Shalloon, where Palestinian fighters were hiding, and exchanged fire with them before firing a rocket at it.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Abdul-Nasser Mousa Shalloon, 55, Maher Shalloon, 44, Amer Shalloon, 39, Mohammad Shalloon, 47, and his son Saleh, 24, in addition to the seriously injured Palestinian, Mahmoud Jamal Hamdan. All of them are former political prisoners.

The army claimed the abducted Palestinians exchanged fire with the soldiers before they were taken prisoners and their weapons confiscated.

Palestinian medics tried to reach the seriously wounded man to provide essential aid, but the soldiers blocked them before taking him away.

The army initiated the attack by deploying undercover soldiers who surrounded and isolated the home before many army vehicles invaded the refugee camp.

The soldiers also opened fire at a Palestinian car, shattering its windows, before confiscating it, in addition to shooting a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet to the head during ensuing protests.

It is worth mentioning that Jericho remained under strict siege for the third day while the army installed more roadblocks and placed sand hills on several streets.

Earlier on Monday, two Israeli Colonizers were killed in a shooting in Huwwara near Nablus.

On Sunday, a Palestinian civilian was killed by Israeli soldiers while in his home in Za'tara village. Sameh Aqtash, who was murdered by Israeli forces Sunday, was in Turkey two weeks before, volunteering with a rescue team to save lives after the earthquake.

On February 23, 2023, Israeli soldiers killed Mohammad Nabil Fawzi Abu Sabah, 29, In Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

The day before Mohammad's death, Israeli soldiers killed eleven Palestinians, injured more than 102, six seriously, and caused more than  250 Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation and other minor wounds.

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Six Palestinians killed in Jenin during second Israeli invasion of the city this year
The Israeli army launched yet another massive military invasion on bastions of Palestinian resistance, this time in two simultaneous raids on Nablus and Jenin.
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/03/six-palestinians-killed-in-jenin-during-second-israeli-invasion-of-the-city-this-year/?

Six Palestinians have been killed and more than a dozen injured after an Israeli military invasion of Jenin, the second large-scale offensive on the city and its refugee camp in the last two months. At the same time, the Israeli army also invaded Askar refugee camp in Nablus, injuring 12 Palestinians and arresting three others.

Initial reports from the Israeli military claim that the twin invasions were a coordinated attack aimed at rooting out the resistance cell that allegedly orchestrated the Huwwara operation on February 26, which left two Israeli settlers dead.

The six men killed in Jenin were identified by the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) as Mohammad Wael Ghazzawi, 26, Mohammad Ahmad Salim Khlouf, 22, and Tareq Ziyad Mustafa Natour, 27, Ziyad Amin Al-Zar'ini, 29, Abdelfattah Hussein Kharrousha, 49, and Mutasem Nasser Sabbagh, 22.

Since the start of the year, Israeli forces have killed 72 Palestinians, 25 of whom were from the Jenin district alone.

The Jenin invasion
On Tuesday afternoon, at approximately 2:45 p.m., undercover Israeli special forces invaded Jenin, just outside of Jenin refugee camp, located east of the city.

Footage from local residents allegedly shows the entry of undercover special forces in a white van carrying a West Bank license plate bearing Arabic graffiti that reads "the transportation of the future." Although Mondoweiss did not independently verify these claims, previous extrajudicial assassination efforts have often included undercover forces entering locations in white vans.

The military operation was carried out at midday, coinciding with the after-school rush hour, when roads were full of civilians.

Within moments, military reinforcements of more than two dozen armored vehicles, including military jeeps and bulldozers, raided the city from the illegal settlement of Dotan southwest of the camp and the Jalameh military checkpoint northwest of the camp.

A building was surrounded and besieged by the army under the pretext that armed Palestinian fighters were inside.

Armed confrontations ensued between the army and Palestinians amid the incursion. Israeli forces fired live ammunition, teargas, and other weapons during the offensive, which persisted until the evening.

"We are surrounded in the house, special forces are in the area and are bombing our house and our neighbors' house, all the houses around," a young man, Abu Azmi, is heard saying through an audio recording. "We are, God willing, holding on to our final breath. Pray for us," the man pleaded as the 15-second recording ended. "We beg you to pray for us."

Eyad Abu al-Azmi was at home when he received a phone call from the army informing him to leave the premises. According to a post on his personal Facebook account, Abu al-Azmi reported that the army began to fire explosive devices at the house.

Within 45 minutes of the offensive, an Israeli Apache military helicopter landed near the area where confrontations continued.

After invading the camp, phone texts were sent to Palestinians in the area signed by Captain Ward — the current military Major responsible for the Jenin area.

"The Israeli army and security forces will work to enforce justice and security," the message said. "[It] will work with extreme firmness with whoever goes against the law and extends a hand to terror."

Within the hour following the text, Israeli forces had already killed Mohammad Wael Ghazzawi, 26, with a bullet to the chest, while injuring five others, including one in critical condition, according to the MOH. Two Israeli officers from the special operations Yamam Unit were injured during the offensive and were transferred to Rambam hospital in Haifa, north of Jenin.

By 5:00 p.m., another two Palestinians were killed. The Palestinian MOH identified the men as Mohammad Ahmad Salim Khlouf, 22, and Tareq Ziyad Mustafa Natour, 27. Within half an hour, another three were killed, Ziyad Amin Al-Zareini, 29, Mutasem Nasser Sabbagh, 22, and Abdelfattah Hussein Kharrousha, 49.

According to the Israeli military's media dispatch 0404, the offensive in Jenin targeted the "terrorist that killed Hillel Weigal Yaniv" in Huwwara near Nablus last month on February 26.

The media have widely reported that Kharrousha is responsible for the Huwwara shooting, which happened four days after the Israeli army had invaded Nablus and killed 11 Palestinians.

Immediately after the Huwwara shooting on February 26, Israeli settlers from nearby settlements rampaged throughout the town in an arson campaign that has been described as a pogrom, even by the Head of the Israeli army's General Command.

Sons of Askar resistance fighter arrested
Kharrousha, although killed in Jenin, is from Askar refugee camp near Nablus. Kharrousha had reportedly sought refuge in Jenin refugee camp to escape potential extra-judicial execution.

During the invasion of Jenin, another twin military offensive was taking place in Askar refugee camp in Nablus, 40 km southeast of Jenin. At approximately 3:30 p.m. Israeli military forces raided Nablus and surrounded a building on Sahel Askar, located on the periphery of Askar refugee camp.

According to the MOH, 12 Palestinians were injured during the invasion, with one in critical condition with a bullet to the abdomen. By the end of the raid on Askar, the Israeli army reported that it had arrested three brothers, Khaled, Qassam, and Abed Kharrousha — the sons of the slain Abdelfattah Kharrousha. They were transferred for interrogation by the Israeli Shin Bet, under suspicion of having allegedly aided their father.

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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians, a Palestinian Youth Dies of Injuries
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-3-palestinians-a-palestinian-youth-dies-of-injuries/

4 more Palestinians are dead at the hands of Israel today.
Israeli special forces killed three Palestinians at point-blank range, while a 14-year-old Palestinian died after he was shot on Tuesday. Israeli forces and settlers have killed 78 Palestinians since the start of 2023, including 14 children and a woman.


Sufian Adnan Ismail Fakhouri, 26 years old, Nayef Ahmad Yusef Malaysha, 25 years old, and Ahmad Mohammad Dheeb Fashafsha, 22 years old.

ISRAELI UNDERCOVER FORCES KILL THREE NEAR JENIN

Continuing their rapid escalation in the city and region of Jenin, Israeli forces killed three men in a targeted assassination as the three men were driving in a car Thursday morning in the town of Jaba, south of Jenin.

The attack follows a massive invasion of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp the previous day, during which Israeli troops killed six Palestinian men and wounded 26 Palestinian civilians using sharpshooters on rooftops and aerial bombardment. No Israelis were wounded.

A seventh Palestinian died of his wounds on Thursday after having been wounded during the Wednesday invasion.

Israeli undercover special forces executed the three young men, Thursday morning, shooting them inside their vehicle in an extrajudicial assassination, at the entrance to the town of Jaba, south of Jenin.

Those killed were identified as Sufian Adnan Ismail Fakhouri, 26 years old, Nayef Ahmad Yusef Malaysha, 25 years old, and Ahmad Mohammad Dheeb Fashafsha, 22 years old.

The secretary of the "Fateh" movement in Jaba', Jawad Khaliliya, told the Palestinian Wafa News Agency that Israeli special forces infiltrated the town and fired from point-zero range at a Hyundai vehicle in the Al-Fwara area with three young men inside, killing the young men.

Khaliliya added that immediately following the assassination, large forces of the Israeli occupation army stormed the town, deployed snipers on the rooftops, surrounded the house of Bahaa Fayez Salatmeh, for more than two hours, abducted him and completely destroyed the contents of his house.

With the rise of the three young men in Jaba, the death toll since the beginning of this year has risen to 77 Palestinians, including 13 children and a woman, killed by Israeli forces and paramilitary colonial settlers.

12 Israelis were killed by Palestinian fighters and unknown assailants during that same time period.


Walid Sa'ad Daoud Nassar, 14

PALESTINIAN YOUTH DIES FROM WOUNDS SUFFERED TUESDAY IN JENIN

Thursday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a child who was seriously injured by Israeli army fire two days ago, when the soldiers killed six Palestinians in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

The Health Ministry identified the child as Walid Sa'ad Daoud Nassar, 14, and said the soldiers shot him with live rounds in the abdomen, causing serious injuries.

Palestinian medics tried to reach the wounded child, but the soldiers did not allow them to reach him and later moved him to Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem.

The child was shot after the soldiers invaded Jenin and Jenin refugee camp, killed six young men, and injured at least twenty-six, including three who suffered critical injuries.

Also Thursday morning, Israeli forces killed three young men in a targeted assassination as the three men were driving in a car Thursday morning in the town of Jaba, south of Jenin.

Those killed were identified as Sufian Adnan Ismail Fakhouri, 26 years old, Nayef Ahmad Yusef Malaysha, 25 years old, and Ahmad Mohammad Dheeb Fashafsha, 22 years old.

The Health Ministry has confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year is now 78, including 14 children and one woman.

Thirty-one of the slain Palestinians were killed in Jenin, 18 in Nablus, 7 in Hebron, 6 in Jerusalem, 5 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, 3 in Qalqilia, 2 in Ramallah, 2 in Bethlehem, 1 in Salfit, 1 in Tubas, and 2 in the Gaza Strip.

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Abdul-Karim Badie Sheikh, 21, was killed by illegal Jewish settlers near Qalailiya.

Jewish Settler Kills Young Palestinian Man in Northern West Bank
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/jewish-settler-kills-young-palestinian-man-in-northern-west-bank/

A Jewish settler shot and killed a young Palestinian man on Friday morning near the northern occupied West Bank city of Qalqiliya, the official news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that an illegal Jewish settler killed Abdul-Karim Badie Sheikh, 21, a resident of the town of Sanniriya, on the outskirts of the illegal Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Shomron.

Following the killing, Israeli soldiers barged their way into Sanniriya and ransacked several houses, including the family house of the slain Palestinian.

Established in 1980, Ma'ale Shomron is one of the five illegal settlements that surround and overlook the Wadi Qana nature reserve in the northern West Bank.

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The three men who were killed were identified as Jihad Muhammad Wasfi Al-Shami (24 years), Odai Othman Rafiq Al-Shami (22 years), and Mohammad Raed Naji Al-Dabeek (18 years).

Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians Driving Near Nablus
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-kill-three-palestinians-driving-near-nablus/

On Sunday, Israeli troops opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle near the Surra military roadblock in the Nablus area, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinians.

A fourth person who was in the car was taken into custody by Israeli forces; two workers who were nearby were wounded.

All three were declared dead on the scene after Israeli occupation forces fired many rounds of live ammunition into the vehicle they were driving. A fourth young man, Ibrahim Awartani, was abducted.

Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers invading the area.

WAFA News reported, quoting eyewitnesses, that two workers were wounded by shrapnel from the Israeli occupation bullets, while they were in the area where the three young men were targeted.

The Israeli army claimed the soldiers located and confiscated three M16 automatic rifles, a piston and several magazines of live ammunition.

The army added that the Palestinian, who was taken prisoner, was moved to an interrogation facility.

After the crime, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Surra and seized surveillance camera recordings from commercial stores, in a move that local Palestinians claimed was meant to cover up the evidence of their crime.

The killing of the three young men brings the death toll since the beginning of 2023 to 84 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and paramilitary colonial settlers, including 15 children, a woman, and a prisoner in the occupation prisons.

12 Israelis were killed by Palestinians in that same time period (at least two of whom were killed in what eyewitnesses said was a traffic accident, but which was classified as an 'attack' because a Palestinian was driving).

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Palestinians killed Thursday and Friday: Yazan Khasib, Luay Zghayyar, Nidal Khazem, Yousef Shreim, Omar Awadin

Thursday-Friday: Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians
https://israelpalestinenews.org/thursday-friday-israeli-forces-kill-5-palestinians/

Two articles describe how Israeli troops have killed 5 more Palestinians, one a youth riding his bicycle, another executed although he was unconscious and posed no threat. 12 others were shot; some are in serious condition. Israel has been responsible for the deaths of 89 Palestinians since the beginning of this year, including 17 children and one woman.

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah
https://israelpalestinenews.org/thursday-friday-israeli-forces-kill-5-palestinians/

On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Beit El military roadblock, at the northern entrance of Ramallah, in the Ramallah and Al-Biereh governorate, in the Central West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs informed it that the soldiers killed Yazan Omar Khasib, 23, at the western entrance of Beitin village.

It added that the army refused to allow Palestinian medics to approach the young man before taking his corpse away.

More than an hour after he was killed, the General Authority of Civil Affairs received Yazan's corpse and took it to Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah.

The soldiers also closed roads and installed roadblocks, preventing the Palestinians from crossing.

It is worth mentioning that Yazan is from Qaffin town, north of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, but his family lives in Ramallah city.

His death brings the number of slain Palestinians since the beginning of this year to 89, including 17 children and one woman.

{NOTE: Middle East Eye adds: "The Israeli army claimed that Khasib had attempted to stab Israeli soldiers. 'The suspect drew a knife and approached the forces who responded by opening fire,' the army said."]



Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kill Four Palestinians In Jenin
https://imemc.org/article/undercover-israeli-soldiers-kill-four-palestinians-in-jenin/

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers, including undercover forces, killed four Palestinians, including a child and a young man who was executed after being shot and seriously injured, and wounded more than 21 Palestinians, five seriously, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Yousef Saleh Barakat Shreim, 29, Nidal Amin Zidan Khazem, 28, Omar Mohammad Awadin, 14, and Luay Khalil Zghayyar, 37.

Defense For Children International – Palestine Branch, said on its Twitter account: "Israeli special forces shot 14-year-old Omar Mohammad Omar Awadin in the back with live ammunition while he was riding his bike outside his parents' shop around 3 p.m. today in Jenin. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Jenin Government Hospital. (Read the DCFI report here.)

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers shot at least 21 Palestinians, including four who suffered life-threatening wounds.

It said 12 Palestinians who were shot with live fire, including four who suffered serious wounds, were rushed to the Ar-Razi Hospital, five were moved to Jenin governmental hospital, six, including one who was seriously injured and one who was rammed by an army jeep, were moved to Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital.

One of the wounded Palestinians is a child, Ahmad Farahna, will be transferred to the Al-Maqasid hospital in Jerusalem, due to the seriousness of his wounds.

Eyewitnesses said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the center of Jenin city and executed the Palestinians before many army vehicles invaded the area and started firing dozens of live rounds at the Palestinians and surrounding homes and properties.

A video from the scene shows an undercover soldier executing the seriously wounded Nidal Amin Khazem after shooting him a live round in the head, even though he was already lying flat on his stomach, motionless and unconscious.

Palestinian medics tried to reach Nidal, but the soldiers did not allow them through before the undercover officer executed him.

There has been a serious increase of cases where Israeli soldiers executed Palestinians, including in January of this year, 2023, when the soldiers killed Ahmad Kahala, 45, a father of five, from point-blank range with two live rounds in the neck near a military roadblock under Yabrud bridge, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

A similar incident occurred on December 2, 2022, in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, when the soldiers executed Ammar Hamdi Mifleh, 22, while he was lying on the ground. After shooting Ammar on the ground once, the soldier then fired a total of four times again. Ammar was unarmed and was lying on the ground when he was shot.

After concluding its offensive in Jenin, the Israeli army said it carried out a joint operation with the undercover forces and intelligence officers, adding that one of the Palestinians, Nidal Amin Khazem, was a senior fighter of the Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic jihad, and was "behind serious attacks against Israeli targets."

The army claimed that the soldiers "neutralized a Palestinian who tried to throw a large iron object on the army, " and stated that the soldiers "fired live rounds at Palestinian fighters who engaged in a fire exchange with the soldiers," and said "its operations will continue to ensure Israel's security."

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Undercover Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Tulkarem
https://imemc.org/article/undercover-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-in-tulkarem/

On Thursday dawn, undercover Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man in the Izbat Shoufa area in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said undercover soldiers infiltrated the Shoufa area and surrounded a home before killing Amir Emad Abu Khadija, 25.

The Israeli army claimed Amir exchanged fire with the undercover officers who attempted to abduct him before they shot him dead.

The army also alleged that Amir was involved in several shooting attacks against Israeli colonizers and soldiers.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Amir was shot in the head and suffered skull fractures, brain hemorrhaging, and several gunshot wounds to his lower extremities before his body was moved to Thabet Thabet governmental hospital.

The Palestinians in Tulkarem declared a commercial strike to mourn the slain young man.

Israel has now killed 87 Palestinians in 2023 (plus approximately three who died indirectly); 12 Israelis have also been killed.

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Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In February In Nablus
https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-february-in-nablus/

On Tuesday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a young man whom Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, in February.

The Health Ministry said the young man Amir Mohammad Lolah, 23, from Zawata village, west of Nablus, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered on February 22, 2023.

The soldiers shot the young man with several live rounds, inflicting life-threatening wounds, when many army vehicles invaded Nablus, killed eleven Palestinians, and injured more than 102, including six in critical condition, during the Wednesday invasion of Nablus.

One of the slain Palestinians, Abdul-Hadi Al-Ashqar, 61, was sent to the Najah National University where his son, Elias, who works as a nurse at the Emergency Unit, was shocked to see his father there, and despite all efforts, the father died in his arms.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the eleven slain Palestinians as:

Anan Shawkat Ennab, 66.
Adnan Sabe' Ba'ara, 72.
Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25.
Tamer Nimir Ahmad Minawi, 33.
Mos'ab Monir Mohammad Oweiss, 26.
Husam Bassam Isleem, 24.
Mohammad Omar Abu Kabr Al-Juneidi, 23.
Walid Riyad Hussein Dakheel, 23.
Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Aziz Ashqar, 61.
Mohammad Farid Sha'ban, 16.
Jasser Jamil Abdul-Wahab Qaneer, 23.

With the death of Amir Mohammad Lolah, Israel has now killed 88 Palestinians in 2023 (plus approximately 3 who died indirectly); 12 Israelis have also been killed.

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Israel occupation Forces kill Young Palestinian Physician at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
https://www.juancole.com/2023/04/occupation-palestinian-physician.html

Israeli occupation forces on Friday night shot dead a Palestinian young man in Al-Aqsa Mosque while he was trying to re-enter the holy site after being removed.

This came after Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and evacuated most of the Palestinian worshippers remaining inside.

At the same site of the killing, eyewitnesses stated they saw the Israeli occupation police assaulting a Palestinian woman who was also attempting to re-enter the mosque.

Local Palestinian media reported that the young man, identified as Mohammed Khaled Elasibi, a 26-year-old resident of the Bedouin town of Hura in Al-Naqab, attempted to protect the woman assaulted by the Israeli police. Palestinian sources reported that he had just finished medical school.

https://twitter.com/ShibleyTelhami/status/1642093746891390976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1642093746891390976%7Ctwgr%5E06f3a4eccd554d745159b40be62d0a227f5bf7a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.juancole.com%2F2023%2F04%2Foccupation-palestinian-physician.html

The story of the Israeli police that Elasibi grabbed their gun has often been used to justify police killings and is not borne out by eyewitness testimony. The police deny that there was any security footage of the shooting, even though that area of Jerusalem is thick with public cameras.

https://twitter.com/JessicaMontell/status/1642124810699382784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1642124810699382784%7Ctwgr%5E06f3a4eccd554d745159b40be62d0a227f5bf7a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.juancole.com%2F2023%2F04%2Foccupation-palestinian-physician.html

Israeli police claimed in a statement that the young man tried to grab a soldier's weapon and was subsequently shot and "neutralised".

An eyewitness confirmed he heard 20 gunshots fired in less than a minute, leaving one man wounded on the floor near Bab Al-Silsila Gate.

The administration of Al-Aqsa Mosque said that about 250,000 Palestinians performed the second Friday prayer there, while hundreds stayed inside the mosque.

One of the few Palestinians who stayed at the mosque told local Palestinian media that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the sanctuary yards and forced most worshippers out.

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Mohammad Abu Bakr and Mohammad al-Hallaq were killed by Israeli forces in Nablus. (Photo: via WAFA)

[bBREAKING: Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Two Young Palestinian Men in Nablus Raid (VIDEO) [/b]
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/breaking-israeli-occupation-forces-kill-two-young-palestinian-men-in-nablus-raid-video/

Two young Palestinian men were killed on Monday by Israeli gunfire during a military raid into the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official news agency WAFA reported citing the Ministry of Health.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department in Nablus, said that two Palestinians – identified as Mohammad Abu Bakr and Mohammad al-Hallaq – were severely wounded and moved to the Rafidia hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.

Jibril added that the Israeli soldiers attacked Nablus with toxic gas bombs.

According to Jibril, the Israeli assault on the city resulted in 55 Palestinians getting suffocated due to inhaling tear gas bombs, while a man was injured in his foot after he was attacked by an Israeli police dog.

https://twitter.com/WAFANewsEnglish/status/1642796148594290690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1642796148594290690%7Ctwgr%5E7e38ca5f0e528132fbe724ca392aeef7a9e8a688%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palestinechronicle.com%2Fbreaking-israeli-occupation-forces-kill-two-young-palestinian-men-in-nablus-raid-video%2F

A Red Crescent ambulance was directly attacked by a gas grenade by Israeli soldiers.

The Israeli forces detained two Palestinians and raided several areas in the city.

With the killing of the two Palestinians, the number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year has risen to 94, including 17 children.


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Ayed Azzam Saleem, 20, was killed by Israeli occupation forces near Qalqiliya.

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Young Palestinian Man near Qalqiliya
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-occupation-forces-kill-young-palestinian-man-near-qalqiliya/#

A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli gunfire on Saturday night during confrontations between Israeli occupation forces and unarmed Palestinian civilians in the town of Azzun, near the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilia, the official news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that Ayed Azzam Saleem, 20, died shortly after being critically injured by Israeli gunfire in the abdomen and chest in the town of Azzun.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers directly fired at young Palestinians who were demonstrating at the entrance to the town in protest of the daily Israeli atrocities in occupied Palestine.

Saleem, who was first reported critically injured, was rushed to the nearby Darwish Nazzal Public Hospital where he was later announced dead.

The latest Israeli crime brings up the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the year to 95, including 17 children and an elderly woman.

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Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child, Injure Two Young Men, In Jericho
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-child-injure-two-young-men-in-jericho/

On Monday morning, many Israeli army vehicles invaded the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, leading to protests, before the soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian child, injured two young men, and abducted five.

Media sources said a large military force surrounded and isolated the refugee camp before undercover soldiers invaded it and encircled a home.

Minutes later, many army vehicles stormed the refugee camp and deployed sharpshooters on rooftops of nearby homes and buildings, leading to protests.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed a Palestinian child, Mohammad Fayez Balhan, 15, after shooting him with three bullets to the head, abdomen, and pelvis.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers also shot two Palestinians with live fire to the lower extremities before the medics rushed them to Jericho governmental hospital.

The Israeli army said the invasion is not directly related to the shooting that led to the death of two Israeli colonizers and the injury of their mother in the Jordan Valley on April 7th.

The army added that "it is operating to curb the rise of shooting incidents in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, two major West Bank areas that didn't witness serious security incidents the previous years.

On April 8, 2023, the soldiers killed Ayed Azzam Mahmoud Salim, 20, at the main entrance to Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

On April 3, 2023, the soldiers killed Mohammad Mustafa Juneidi (Abu Bakr), 43, and Mohammad Nasser Sa'id Hallaq, 21, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

On April 01, 2023, the army killed Mohammad Raed Nayef Baradiya, 23, near the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and Mohammad Al-Asibi, 26, in occupied Jerusalem.

According to the Health Ministry, Israeli soldiers killed 96 Palestinians, including eighteen children, one woman, and a young man from Houra town in the Negev, since the beginning of this year.

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Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinians, Injures One, near Nablus
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-army-shoots-and-kills-two-injures-one-near-nablus/

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed, on Tuesday, two Palestinian men and injured a third near Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Maan News Agency quoted the army stating that the soldiers ambushed and killed the two Palestinians near the Elon Moreh colony after they reportedly opened fire at it.

The army added that the soldiers found two M16 rifles and a pistol that the two Palestinians carried.

Ahmed Jibril, the Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance, stated the army prevented medical crews from approaching the two critically injured young men.

Jibril added that its crews transported one Palestinian young to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus after soldiers shot him with a live round in the shoulder.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the slain men were identified as Saud Abdullah Saud (al-Titi), 38 and Mohammad Ghazi Abu Thera', 35.

Saud is an officer with the Palestinian National Security while Mohammad was a member of the Al-Aqsa Brigades the armed wing of the Fateh Movement, from Nablus.

Saud is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for 16 years, and Mohammad was imprisoned for seven years.

Sources added that the Israeli army took the bodies of the young men after preventing Palestinian medics from approaching them.

On Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammad Fayez Balhan, 15, with live rounds to the head, abdomen, and pelvis.

It is important to note that 98 Palestinians, including 18 children have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year.