Israel kills 3 Palestinians during Jenin raid

Relatives mourn as people attend funeral ceremony for of 37-year-old Ashraf Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, who died as a result of Israeli attack on Jenin, in West Bank on May 29, 2023. [Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency]

Israeli occupation forces shot dead three Palestinians, including a child, this morning during a raid into the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, Palestinian medical sources said.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health named the martyrs as Khaled Asa’sah, 21, Ahmad Saqer, 15, and Qassam Abu Siryie, 29.

It also said that 31 Palestinians were injured, nine were in a critical condition.

A large number of Israeli army units raided the city and camp, sparking confrontations with Palestinians, during which the Israeli occupation troops fired live bullets and sound and gas canisters at Palestinians, witnesses said.

READ: Israel imposes siege Palestinian town, blocks students from sitting exams

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.