Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and injured several others during a raid overnight in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday.
According to Palestinian media, a massive Israeli military convoy raided Jenin in the early predawn hours of Friday morning, and ambushed a car in the al-Marah area of the city, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition at the vehicle.
The three slain Palestinians were identified as Baraa Lahlouh, 24, Yusuf Salah, 23, and Laith Abu Srour, 24, according to Wafa News Agency. A fourth person in the car was reportedly seriously injured, but survived, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israeli army claimed that during the raid on Jenin they were fired upon from the vehicle that Lahlouh, Salah, and Abu Srour were inside of.
“The soldiers closed in on them and neutralized the gunmen who had opened fire,” the army said in a statement.
Wafa reported that fierce confrontations erupted between Palestinians in Jenin and Israeli forces following the killing of the three young men. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that eight Palestinians were injured overnight during the raid.
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Jenin on Friday afternoon to participate in the funeral procession of the three young men.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the killings, calling it a “hideous crime,” and criticized “the insistence of the international community and countries that celebrate human rights on ignoring Israel’s crimes and the daily violations committed against defenseless Palestinian citizens, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The killing of the three young men brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the start of the year to 66. Of the 66 Palestinians killed, 20 were killed in the Jenin area, according to Mondoweiss documentation.
“Al Jazeera: Image of Bullet that killed American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Proves it came from an Israeli M4
The Al Jazeera news network, based in Qatar, has received from the Palestine Authority an image of the bullet that killed American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and has concluded that it was certainly fired from an Israeli M4 rifle. The green-tipped, 5.56mm caliber bullet is deadly when fired at a human being and would only be used with an intent to kill. It was recovered from her skull.”
Juan Cole
Over to you Tony Blinken…..
This article is missing the part where they were duly claimed by Hamas and Islamic jihad