WEST BANK: Israeli forces shoot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Jenin while conducting an arrest raid

Record ID: 354070

  • Title: WEST BANK: Israeli forces shoot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Jenin while conducting an arrest raid
  • Date: 19th December 2013
  • Summary: BODY BEING TAKEN INTO THE MOSQUE PALESTINIANS PRAYING, SITTING AROUND NAFEH AL-SAADI'S BODY
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 2014 12:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAF1H0BA2I1VZDLQ2L3P04HCMBY
  • Story Text: Israeli forces shot dead 23-year old Nafeh al-Saadi in the northern West Bank city of Jenin while conducting an arrest raid late on Wednesday (December 18). The Israeli army said they opened fire after coming under attack in the raid.
    At least seven Palestinians were injured in subsequent stone-throwing clashes with the troops.
    Jenin residents said al-Saadi was an Islamic Jihad militant.
    Israeli troops also shot and killed a member of the Palestinian security forces they wanted to arrest in the central West Bank town of Qalqilya on Thursday (December 19), the Israeli military said.
    Palestinian residents named the man as Saleh Yassin, 27, a Palestinian intelligence officer, and local hospital staff said he had been shot in the back. A local Palestinian official said Yassin was shot dead in cold blood while returning home from work.
    The Israeli army said Yassin had fired at troops when they came to arrest him and that they shot back at the source of the firing.
    Violent incidents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have become more regular in recent months and at least 19 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed since U.S.-backed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July.
    On Wednesday, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the talks could take up to one more year to complete if they can reach a broad framework accord in the coming weeks.
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