Mourners bury Palestinian girls killed by Israeli army in Jenin: Report
Palestinians near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank held a funeral procession for a 16-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces, Reuters news agency reports.
Lujain Osama Musleh was killed in the town of Kafr Dan, just outside Jenin, which Israeli troops have been raiding for days.
The girl’s father, Osama Musleh, wept as funeral prayers were said over his daughter’s body. He said the teenager looked out the window at the sound of gunfire and he then found her with a gunshot wound to the forehead.
“I tried to save her. I tried to do something, but I couldn’t,” he said. “The army was surrounding our area. I called for an ambulance, and they arrived late because a sniper shot towards them.”
Gallant says forces ‘eradicating terrorist organisations’ in West Bank
“In the face of the resurgence of terrorism, we are eradicating terrorist organisations throughout Judea and Samaria [the occupied West Bank],” Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement issued by his ministry.
“These terrorist organisations … must be erased… There is no other option, use all the forces, everyone who is needed, with full strength.” The Israeli military is now carrying out its seventh day of massive raids across the occupied West Bank, including in Jenin, a city that is home to nearly 50,000 people.
