Israeli leaders celebrate extrajudicial execution
In the early morning hours on Tuesday Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian man who they claim was involved in the shooting death of an Israeli settler in early January.
A second Palestinian was reportedly killed during confrontations with soldiers in the northern occupied West Bank on Tuesday night. The confrontations erupted as the Israeli military surrounded a house in Nablus belonging to the father of a Palestinian who Israel suspects of fatally stabbing another Israeli settler a day earlier.
Palestinian outlets identified the person slain in Nablus as Khalid Abu Tayeh:
The Palestinian Authority health ministry stated that 32 people were injured by live fire during the confrontations and six were critically wounded.
Statements by Israeli leaders and intelligence bodies indicate that the Palestinian killed during the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday may have been extrajudicially executed, according to the Palestinian Center for Human rights.
Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, 22, was shot and his body taken away by the Israeli military during the raid on Yamoun village near the city of Jenin, also in the northern West Bank.
The military had been in pursuit of Jarrar for more than a month following the 9 January slaying of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a resident of Havat Gilad, a West Bank settlement outpost not formally authorized by the Israeli government.
Two Palestinians were previously killed by Israeli soldiers during their campaign to find Jarrar.
The force surrounded an abandoned building that was formerly used by the Palestinian Authority National Security Forces.
“Explosions and heavy shooting were heard in the area,” according to the rights group.
At around 7am Israeli media began reporting that Ahmad Nasser Jarrar was killed.
The army claimed that Jarrar was shot to death when he emerged from the surrounded building carrying an M-16 rifle.
The Israeli outlet Ynet reported that Jarrar had at first “refused to surrender,” and that the military launched a missile at the building, “following which combat engineering troops started demolishing the house with a bulldozer to pressure him to exit the structure.”
A second Palestinian was reportedly killed during confrontations with soldiers in the northern occupied West Bank on Tuesday night. The confrontations erupted as the Israeli military surrounded a house in Nablus belonging to the father of a Palestinian who Israel suspects of fatally stabbing another Israeli settler a day earlier.
Palestinian outlets identified the person slain in Nablus as Khalid Abu Tayeh:
The Palestinian Authority health ministry stated that 32 people were injured by live fire during the confrontations and six were critically wounded.
Statements by Israeli leaders and intelligence bodies indicate that the Palestinian killed during the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday may have been extrajudicially executed, according to the Palestinian Center for Human rights.
Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, 22, was shot and his body taken away by the Israeli military during the raid on Yamoun village near the city of Jenin, also in the northern West Bank.
The military had been in pursuit of Jarrar for more than a month following the 9 January slaying of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a resident of Havat Gilad, a West Bank settlement outpost not formally authorized by the Israeli government.
Two Palestinians were previously killed by Israeli soldiers during their campaign to find Jarrar.
Pressure cooker procedure
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights stated that a large force of Israeli soldiers “accompanied [by] a bulldozer and backed by a drone and helicopter” moved into Yamoun village at 4am on Tuesday.The force surrounded an abandoned building that was formerly used by the Palestinian Authority National Security Forces.
“Explosions and heavy shooting were heard in the area,” according to the rights group.
At around 7am Israeli media began reporting that Ahmad Nasser Jarrar was killed.
The army claimed that Jarrar was shot to death when he emerged from the surrounded building carrying an M-16 rifle.
The Israeli outlet Ynet reported that Jarrar had at first “refused to surrender,” and that the military launched a missile at the building, “following which combat engineering troops started demolishing the house with a bulldozer to pressure him to exit the structure.”
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