Jenin

Mohammad Maher Mer’ey

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June 29, 2022: Mohammad Maher Nafe’ Mer’ey, 25, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Dr. Wisam Baker, the director of Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin, said the soldiers shot Mohammad with several live rounds in the heart and the abdomen before he was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed to his serious wounds, despite all efforts to revive him.

The Palestinian was shot during protests that took place after several Israeli army vehicles invaded Jenin.

Dr. Baker added that the soldiers also shot another Palestinian, who was rushed to the hospital and is in a stable condition.

During the invasion, the soldiers stormed homes and occupied rooftops of tall buildings in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp and used them as firing posts for their sharpshooters.

The Israeli army said it invaded Jenin to arrest a “wanted Palestinian” in Jenin.

Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), said the soldiers abducted Yahia Yousef Aref Jaber, 23, and Ahmad As’ad Abdul-Halim Nabhan, 26, from their homes in Jenin.

Video By Voice Of Palestine

Dozens of Palestinians marched in Jenin carrying the corpse of the slain young man while chanting for ongoing resistance until liberation and independence are achieved and calling for national unity among all Palestinians and their factions.

All civil society institutions and political factions in Jenin declared a general strike during the funeral procession and ceremony that will be held on Thursday afternoon.

The city of Jenin, the Jenin refugee camp, and many surrounding villages and towns have been subject to daily invasions, including the violent storming, searching of homes, and the abduction of dozens of Palestinians.

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His funeral procession was held in Jenin refugee camp and was attended by thousands of Palestinians following prayers in the local mosque.

Mohammad is the cousin of Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23, who was one of three Palestinians shot and killed, on June 17, 2022, in a barrage of gunfire by undercover Israeli forces on a car they were traveling in.

Mohammad is the thirteenth Palestinian to be killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank in June.

  1. June 28, 2022: Mohammad Maher Nafe’ Mer’ey, 25.
  2. June 25, 2022: Mohammad Abdullah Hamed, 16.
  3. June 21, 2022: Ali Hasan Harb, 27.
  4. June 19, 2022: Nabil Ahmad Taiseer Ghanem, 53.
  5. June 17, 2022: Laith Salah Abu Srour, 24.
  6. June 17, 2022: Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23.
  7. June 17, 2022: Yousef Nasser Salah, 23.
  8. June 9, 2022: Mahmoud Fayez Abu Ayhour, 27.
  9. June 02, 2022: Odah Mohammad Sadaqa, 17.
  10. June 02, 2022: Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin, 29.
  11. June 01, 2022: Yasser Atiya al-Masri, 41.
  12. June 01, 2022: Ghofran Haroun Warasna, 31.
  13. June 01, 2022: Bilal Awad Kabaha, 24.

Mohammad was from the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Laith Salah Abu Srour

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June 17, 2022: Laith Salah Abu Srour, 24, was one of three Palestinians shot and killed in a barrage of gunfire by undercover Israeli forces, who opened fire on a car the three young men were traveling in.

Medical sources at the Jenin governmental hospital have confirmed that the soldiers also killed Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23, and Yousef Nasser Salah, 23, from Jenin city.

According to local sources, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Friday dawn, three young Palestinian men, and injured nine, after the army opened fire at a car in an ambush in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Video – Palestine TV

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers infiltrate the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin city, ambushed a Palestinian car, and fired dozens of live rounds at it, killing the three young men in it.

The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds at the car and its surrounding area, wounding nine Palestinians, one seriously after he was shot in the neck and three who suffered moderate-to-severe wounds.

Thousands of Palestinians marched carrying the corpses of the three young men and chanted for ongoing resistance until liberation and independence.

Laith was from Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh

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June 17, 2022: Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23, was one of three Palestinians shot and killed in a barrage of gunfire by undercover Israeli forces, who opened fire on a car the three young men were traveling in.

Medical sources at the Jenin governmental hospital have confirmed that the soldiers also killed Yousef Nasser Salah, 23, and Laith Salah Abu Srour, 24, from Jenin city.

According to local sources, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Friday dawn, three young Palestinian men, and injured nine, after the army opened fire at a car in an ambush in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Video – Palestine TV

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers infiltrate the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin city, ambushed a Palestinian car, and fired dozens of live rounds at it, killing the three young men in it.

The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds at the car and its surrounding area, wounding nine Palestinians, one seriously after he was shot in the neck and three who suffered moderate-to-severe wounds.

Thousands of Palestinians marched carrying the corpses of the three young men and chanted for ongoing resistance until liberation and independence.

Bara’ was from Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Yousef Nasser Salah

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June 17, 2022: Yousef Nasser Salah, 23, was one of three Palestinians shot and killed in a barrage of gunfire by undercover Israeli forces, who opened fire on a car the three young men were traveling in.

Medical sources at the Jenin governmental hospital have confirmed that the soldiers also killed Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23, and Laith Salah Abu Srour, 24, from Jenin city.

According to local sources, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Friday dawn, three young Palestinian men, and injured nine, after the army opened fire at a car in an ambush in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Video – Palestine TV

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers infiltrate the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin city, ambushed a Palestinian car, and fired dozens of live rounds at it, killing the three young men in it.

The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds at the car and its surrounding area, wounding nine Palestinians, one seriously after he was shot in the neck and three who suffered moderate-to-severe wounds.

Thousands of Palestinians marched carrying the corpses of the three young men and chanted for ongoing resistance until liberation and independence.

Yousef was from Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Bilal Awad Kabaha

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June 01, 2022: Bilal Awad Kabaha, 24, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers with live rounds in the chest and thigh.

The soldiers killed Bilal and injured at least six, including three who suffered serious wounds, during protests that took place after many army jeeps invaded Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said at least thirty military vehicles, including armored bulldozers, invaded the town before the soldiers stormed homes and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts and started to demolish a home.

The sources added that dozens of Palestinians protested the invasion and hurled stones at the soldiers who fired a barrage of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the young man was rushed to Jenin governmental hospital in critical condition but died from his wounds.

The Health Ministry stated that the army shot six Palestinians with live rounds, including three who suffered life-threatening wounds after being shot in the neck, face, and abdomen.

One of the wounded is a medic who was shot while trying to provide the essential aid to the seriously wounded young man.

During the invasion, the army fired many gas bombs at homes and buildings, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The invasion was conducted to demolish the home of Dia’ Hamarsha, 27, who was killed by an Israeli police officer, on March 30, 2022, after allegedly shooting to death five Israelis in a suburb of Tel Aviv.

Earlier Wednesday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian woman, Ghofran Haroun Warasna, 31, at the entrance of the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Also Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said a young man, Yasser Atiya al-Masri, 41, from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, died from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli offensive on Gaza on May of last year, 2021. The Palestinian was receiving treatment in Egypt when he succumbed to his serious wounds.

Bilal was from Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin. Source: IMEMC

Amjad Waleed al-Fayed

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May 22, 2022: Amjad Waleed al-Fayed, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded the Jenin refugee camp, the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp, leading to protests before the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Medical sources in Jenin said the Israeli soldiers shot the slain teen with nearly eleven live rounds in the upper body.

The sources added that the army also shot and seriously injured another Palestinian, eighteen years of age, before being rushed to a hospital in Jenin.

The Israeli army claimed that the soldiers shot Amjad during exchanges of fire that took place after the army invaded the refugee camp.

It is worth mentioning that the slain Palestinian teen is the nephew of Amjad and Mohammad al-Fayed, who were killed in the Israeli offensive in the Jenin refugee camp in April of the year 2002.

After his death, hundreds of Palestinians held processions in Jenin refugee camp, Jenin city, and surrounding villages and towns before the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Also, hundreds of Palestinians headed to Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin and carried the corpse of the slain teen before marching in various streets in the city and the Jenin refugee camp while chanting for ongoing resistance against the occupation and national unity.

Mohammad was from Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Daoud Mohammad Zobeidi

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May 15, 2022: Daoud Mohammad Zobeidi, 40, died at an Israeli medical center from gunshot wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him two days before, during an invasion of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Dozens of Israeli right-wing fanatics, led by Member of Knesset Itamar Bin-Gvir, went to the Israeli medical center where Daoud had been transferred, and held a protest demanding the Israeli authorities refrain from providing Daoud any medical care “at Israels’ expense.”

Daoud was shot with a live round in the abdomen before Palestinian medics provided him with the needed first aid and rushed him to Ibn Sian hospital in Jenin.

He was later transferred to Rambam Israeli medical center in Haifa due to the seriousness of his condition, and the Israelis immediately said he was now considered to be under arrest and would be interrogated if he survived his wounds.

On Saturday, Israel officially informed the family that Daoud was in a life-threatening condition due to gunshot wounds to the abdomen.

Daoud was seriously injured Friday and was among twelve other Palestinians wounded during the Israeli refugee camp invasion, especially during protests and exchanges of fire that took place after the soldiers detonated one home.

Following his injury, his family said Daoud underwent two surgeries at Rambam hospital and then was placed in the Intensive Care Unit hooked to respiratory machines.

Doctors at the Israeli Hospital said they would know more about his condition after observing him in the ICU for 48 hours; however, he succumbed to his wounds.

Daoud, a former political prisoner, is the brother of Zakariyya Zobeidi, one of six detainees who escaped from the heavily fortified Gilboa prison last year, despite Israel’s massive security measures. The six were captured a week later.

It is worth mentioning that Daoud’s mother, and his brother Taha, were killed on April 6, 2002, by Israeli soldiers during the Israeli military offensive in the Jenin refugee camp.

Daoud was from Jenin Refugee Camp, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Noam Raz

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May 13, 2022: Noam Raz, 47, was killed by Palestinian fighters when Israeli soldiers carried out a dawn invasion into the village of Burqin and Jenin refugee camp, in the Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Times Of Israel said, “Raz was one of the founding members of Kida,” an illegal colony near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Raz was part of a squadron of troops that attacked the family home of Mohammad al-Dab’i in the village of Burqin in a pre-dawn raid.

The soldiers besieged the home for hours, while Palestinian resistance fighters gathered inside to try to protect the home. Some of those inside the home eventually came outside with their hands raised and were taken by the soldiers, but Israeli forces continued the siege and began to open fire on those that remained inside, wounding eleven.

During the invasion of the Palestinian village, the invading Israeli soldiers came under fire from Palestinian resistance fighters, one of whom apparently fired a bullet that hit Raz. Israeli soldiers shot 11 Palestinians during their assault on the village.

During the invasion, the soldiers shot and seriously injured Daoud Zobeidi, 40, the brother of the famous Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, who was one of six prisoners who managed to escape from a high-security Israeli prison last year by digging a tunnel with spoons. Daoud died from his wounds two days later.

The high-profile prison escape was a source of embarrassment for the Israeli government, which prides itself on its security measures — arms and security equipment are Israel’s biggest export.

After he was shot, Raz was taken to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa with critical gunshot wounds, and later died of his wounds.

Raz died on the same day that a Palestinian who was wounded by Israeli soldiers last month while praying during the Holy Month of Ramadan died of his wounds, and just two days after a world-famous Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot execution-style by Israeli soldiers while standing with other journalists in front of a stone wall in Jenin.

Shireen was shot with a live round in the head while wearing her press vest and helmet when an Israeli army sharpshooter fired one round at her.

The Ministry added that the soldiers first shot journalist Ali Sammoudi with a live round in the back, just as the journalists from various media agencies gathered in an open area in a clear line of sight from Israeli soldiers when the army committed its heinous crime.

Sammoudi, who was shot in the back, said that he, Shireen, and several other journalists gathered near a UNRWA-run school near Jenin refugee camp and were all wearing press vests and helmets before the soldiers shot him in the back and then shot Shireen with a live round in the head.

Noam, a married father of six children and a 23-year veteran of the “Yamam” special forces unit, was from Kida illegal colony near Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Shireen Abu Akleh

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May 10, 2022: Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers who targeted her and other journalists with sniper fire while the journalists were gathered to cover an Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Shireen was a prominent Palestinian journalist and Al-Jazeera TV correspondent.

Later in the day, after the assassination was reported around the world, dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded the home of the slain journalist in Beit Hanina, in the north of occupied Jerusalem.

The soldiers tried to intimidate the family and threatened to abduct her grieving parents and family members if anyone dared to raise a Palestinian flag at her funeral. Her family, who had gathered in the home to mourn her execution, managed to push the soldiers out of their property.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Shireen was shot with a live round in the head — while wearing her press vest and helmet — when an Israeli army sharpshooter fired one round at her.

The Ministry added that the soldiers first shot journalist Ali Sammoudi with a live round in the back, then shot Shireen in the head.

The attack targeted a group of journalists from various media agencies – clearly marked as journalists, wearing press vests and holding cameras and equipment – while they gathered in an open area in a clear line of sight from Israeli soldiers when the army committed its heinous crime.

Sammoudi, who was shot in the back, said that he, Shireen, and several other journalists gathered near a UNRWA-run school near Jenin refugee camp and were all wearing press vests and helmets when the soldiers shot him in the back and then shot Shireen with a live round in the head.

“The soldiers had a clear view of us. They knew we were journalists, yet, then deliberately targeted us with sniper fire,” Sammoudi said, “Nothing was happening there, no protests, no exchange of fire between the soldiers and the Palestinian fighters; they targeted us knowing we are all journalists – what they did was a crime and a deliberate attack.”

Al-Jazeera TV issued a statement denouncing the deliberate targeting of reporters, the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, and the shooting of Ali Sammoudi.

Al-Jazeera said Abu Akleh was assassinated and was not by accident and added that eyewitnesses and other journalists, including Shatha Hanaysha, who was standing next to Shireen, revealed that the army killed Shireen, and Israeli army snipers also pinned down Hanaysha and several journalists.

“We stood together in a collective way as journalists, then we started moving. We were shocked by the live ammunition fired at us, we reached an area that did not allow us to withdraw.” Hanaysha told Al-Jazeera.

“We were just facing the snipers. If they were not really willing to kill some of us, they could have started shooting before our arrival in this narrow area. I see this as a clear assassination of journalists,” she said.

“The one that killed Shireen was intended to kill her because he shot the bullet at an area of her body that was not protected,” Hanaysha also said.

The Al-Jazeera Media Network issues an official statement condemning the Israeli crime and holding the Israeli government and its occupation army responsible.

“Al Jazeera Media Network condemns this heinous crime, which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty. Al Jazeera holds the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of Shireen. It also calls on the international community to condemn and hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for their intentional targeting and killing of Shireen.”

“The Israeli authorities are also responsible for the targeting of Al Jazeera producer Ali al-Sammoudi, who was also shot in the back while covering the same event, and is currently undergoing treatment.”

“Al Jazeera extends its sincere condolences to the family of Shireen in Palestine and to her extended family around the world, and we pledge to prosecute the perpetrators legally, no matter how hard they try to cover up their crime, and bring them to justice.”

Shireen was born in occupied Jerusalem in the year 1971; she hails from a Palestinian Christian family in Bethlehem. She lived in Jerusalem and, as a child, she studied at the Rosary Sisters School in Beit Hanina, in occupied Jerusalem.

She obtained her B.A. degree in journalism from Al-Yarmouk University in Jordan and returned to Palestine where she worked in various professions, including Palestine Radio, The UNRWA, Amman Satellite TV, Radio Monte Carlo, and in the year 1997, she started working for the Al-Jazeera News Agency.

The Palestinian Authority condemned the assassination of Shireen and the ongoing Israeli crimes against civilians, including Journalists.

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh issued a statement mourning the killing of Abu Akleh and denouncing the Israeli crime. “She was killed while exposing the horrific Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.”

Shireen was from Beit Hanina, Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Mohammad Lutfi Masad

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April 27, 2022: Ahmad Mohammad Lutfi Masad, 18, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Wednesday before dawn. In addition to killing Ahmad, the soldiers injured at least three during massive invasions and exchanges of fire in Jenin, Jenin refugee camp, and Qabatia town, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The head of Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, Jani Abu Joukha, said the soldiers killed Ahmad after shooting him with a live round in the head.

The Health Ministry in Ramallah confirmed Ahmad’s death and said the soldiers also shot a child, 16, with a live round in the leg, a young man, 19, with a live round in the pelvis, and another young man, 19, with two live rounds in the arm and leg.

The Israeli army also stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, causing excessive property damage.

Palestinian resistance fighters from several armed resistance groups engaged in heavy exchanges of fire with the soldiers.

The Israeli army also deployed drones during the invasions and seems to be pushing more soldiers and armored vehicles into the Palestinian communities, especially Jenin, Jenin refugee camp, and Qabatia town.

After the soldiers killed Ahmad, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the refugee camp calling for ongoing resistance against the Israeli occupation until liberation and independence.

The Israeli army also abducted Yazan Mer’ey and Nidal Amin Hazem, and Assem Abu al-Haija, the son of detained political leader Jamal Abu al-Haija, 61, after assaulting him.

The soldiers caused excessive damage to the home of Jamal Abu al-Haija during the violent invasion and searches of the property.

The soldiers caused excessive damage to the home of Jamal Abu al-Haija during the violent invasion and searches of the property. It is worth mentioning that Jamal Abu al-Haija, a political leader of Hamas, was abducted by the army on August 26, 2002.

The soldiers also abducted former political prisoners, Yasser Abu ar-Rob, Ali Abu ar-Rob, and Ala’ Hanaisha, from their homes in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.  Hanaisha was imprisoned by Israel for ten years before being released just three months ago.

Ahmad was from Burqin town, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC