Teenager among those killed in Israel’s raid on Jenin, rights group says
Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) says that 16-year-old Motaz Imad Mousa Abu Tabeekh was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
The Ramallah-based rights organisation said in a statement it had seen documentation showing that Abu Tabeekh was shot about midday, soon after Israeli soldiers arrived in Jenin, even though there were no confrontations in the area at the time. He was taken to Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital, where he had surgery to try to treat injuries to his liver, but he was pronounced dead about 2pm, the statement added.
“Palestinian children are still not safe as Israeli forces continue to target Palestinian childhood with impunity,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, DCIP ‘s accountability programme director.
“As a fragile ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, the Israeli military now turns its attention to Jenin, whose residents have been targeted with lethal force again and again,” he added.
According to DCIP, Abu Tabeekh is one of seven Palestinian children killed amid Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank so far this year, including four children killed by Israeli drone strikes and three children shot and killed with live ammunition.
Palestinians flee Jenin on foot as Israeli bulldozers tear up streets
Palestinian families carry their belongings after being forced to flee their homes in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday
Israeli military bulldozers tore up roads in Jenin on Wednesday
Israeli forces keep up raids across West Bank
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have more on the continuing Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank.
They say raids were reported in:
- Shu’fat camp in Jerusalem
- The town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron
- The town of Barham, north of Ramallah
- The town of Rammun, east of Ramallah
- The town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah
- The town of Beita, south of Nablus
- The town of Azzun, east of the city of Qalqilya
- The city of Qalqilya
Palestinian security forces detain Al Jazeera reporter in West Bank
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that Palestinian security forces have detained Mohammed al-Atrash after preventing him from covering the ongoing Israeli operation in the city of Jenin.
As a reminder, the Palestinian Authority, which partially governs the West Bank has banned Al Jazeera from operating in the occupied West Bank and cut access to several of the network’s websites.
The PA said the ban was imposed over “inciting” material, “misinformation, sedition and interference in Palestinian internal affairs”.
The Qatari network denies the allegations, branding the move as “in line with the [Israeli] occupation’s actions against its staff”. The PA’s ban comes months after Israeli forces raided and shut down the network’s offices in the occupied West Bank.
UN rights experts have expressed deep alarm over the move, calling it a disproportionate and unnecessary act that severely restricts freedom of expression in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Translation: Al Jazeera – The PA forces arrested our colleague Mohammed Al-Atrash from his home after preventing him from covering the occupation’s aggression in Jenin
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