February 27, 2023: Elan Ganeles, 26, an Israeli paramilitary colonizer and former Israeli army soldier, was shot dead near Jericho, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.
He was transported by helicopter to the Israeli hospital Hadassah in Jerusalem but was pronounced dead.
Israeli sources identified the man as Elan Ganeles, 26, an American-Israeli who grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, and lived in a religious Kibbutz in the northern part of Israel.
The Times Of Israel said Elan returned to the U.S. to study at Colombia University and was attending a friend’s wedding.
Israeli media reported Genales was driving his car when he was shot by a single bullet in the upper body, causing him to lose control of his vehicle, which veered off the road and crashed. The incident took place on Road 90 near the city of Jericho.
Israeli forces closed the entrances to Jericho and invaded the Palestinian and surrounding areas to search for the perpetrators of the attack.
According to the Israeli military, the suspected gunmen allegedly set their car on fire, then fled in another vehicle toward Jericho.
The Islamic Jihad movement issued a statement praising the attack but did not claim credit for it. The group said, “the resistance operations continue, and the enemy will pay the price for all his crimes.”
The attack in Jericho followed a day of unbridled arson attacks by Israeli paramilitary settlers against Palestinian civilians in Huwwara, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
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.
- 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.
Elan was from Hartford, Connecticut in the US. Source: IMEMC
February 26, 2023: Yagel Yaniv, 20, was shot and killed along with his 22-year old brother Hillel, by an unknown assailant while driving near the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Bracha near Nablus.
Dozens of Palestinians protested the closure of the Huwwara military roadblock before the army attacked them with live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.
February 26, 2023: Hillel Yaniv, 22, was shot and killed along with his 20-year old brother Yagel, by an unknown assailant while driving near the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Bracha near Nablus.
February 24, 2023: Mohammad Ismael Jawabra, 22, was killed by Israeli soldiers in the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers shot Jawabra while trying to help his neighbors in the refugee camp after the soldiers invaded it, leading to protests, and fired a barrage of live rounds at several homes.
February 23, 2023: Mohammad Nabil Fawzi Abu Sabah, 29, died of wounds sustained two weeks prior, when he was shot by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
February 22, 2023: Jasser Jamil Abdul-Wahab Qaneer, 23, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli offensive on Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The wounded journalists are Omar Istaitiyah, who suffered a bullet fragment wound to the ear, Mohammad Khatib, who was shot in the arm, and Ahmad Khalaf, who suffered the severe effects of tear gas inhalation.
February 22, 2023: Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Aziz Ashqar, 61, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli offensive on Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers were opening fire at the Palestinians from small openings in their heavily armored jeeps that barely fit the barrel of the automatic rifles.
February 22, 2023: Walid Riyad Hussein Dakheel, 23, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli offensive on Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
February 22, 2023: Mohammad Omar Al-Juneidi, 23, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli offensive on Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
February 22, 2023: Husam Bassam Isleem, 24, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli offensive on Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.