- Title: Palestinians hold funeral for gunman killed by Israeli forces
- Date: 14th October 2022
- Summary: JENIN, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 14,2022) (REUTERS) MOURNERS MARCHING IN FUNERAL OF PALESTINIAN GUNMAN, ABDULLAH ABU AL-TEEN, KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES DURING AN OPERATION, GUNSHOTS BEING HEARD PALESTINIANS PAYING LAST RESPECTS MASKED MILITANTS AT FUNERAL MILITANTS AND PEOPLE ATTENDING FUNERAL PROCESSION VARIOUS OF MASKED MILITANTS AT FUNERAL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING BODY COVERED WITH PALESTINIAN FLAG PALESTINIANS CARRYING BODY ON STRETCHER COVERED WITH PALESTINIAN FLAG AND MARCHING IN FUNERAL
- Embargoed: 28th October 2022 15:06
- Keywords: Doctor Funeral Israel Jenin Palestinians gunman militants
- Location: JENIN, WEST BANK
- City: JENIN, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001230414102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Hundreds took part in a funeral procession of a Palestinian gunman killed by Israeli forces during an operation in the city of Jenin on Friday (October 14) as months of clashes in the occupied West Bank continued.
Palestinian officials identified the man as Abdullah Abu al-Teen, a doctor and Fatah member. Atta Abu Rumeileh, a leader for the Fatah group in Jenin, told Reuters al-Ahmad had participated in the fighting Friday morning.
An Israeli military statement said troops came under heavy fire during the operation, in which an armed operative of the militant Hamas group and two other people were arrested. It said troops returned fire and "hits were identified."
The Jenin Brigade, an umbrella group of different armed factions, said one of its members had been killed.
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed in clashes since the beginning of the year, most since March when the Israeli army launched a crackdown in the West Bank following a series of attacks by Palestinian militants in Israel.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the Palestinian president's spokesperson, said that Israel had "crossed all red lines" and that the Palestinian Authority would not allow the situation to continue.
The cities of Jenin and Nablus, both home to sprawling refugee camps, have been at the centre of violence. But there have been incidents in other parts of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with two Israeli soldiers killed this week.
Roads into Nablus were closed during the week with heavy security checks and on Friday the military said troops carried out an operation in the city and arrested two people suspected of firing on them.
Both the Israeli military and Palestinian officials say groups of young armed men in Nablus and Jenin, often only loosely associated with established political movements, have been at the forefront of clashes.
There have also been repeated clashes between Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Palestinians.
Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza - areas that Palestinians want for an independent state - in a 1967 Middle East war.
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